| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Iron Puddler by James J. Davis: count. I would ask if there was a school-teacher in the audience
(there was always one there). He would rise, and I would ask him
to verify my calculations. I would also have him ask me to spell
words. He would give me such words as "combustion," "garbage
disposal," "bonded indebtedness" and so on. I would spell the
words and write them on the slate. He would then ask me questions
in history, geography and political economy. Then the school-
teacher would turn to the crowd and say:
"Friends, I came to this meeting because I had read that Mr.
Davis is an ignorant foreigner unfitted for the duties of city
clerk. I find to my surprise that he is well informed. I am glad
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Am I not beautiful?" asked Coo-ee-oh, arching her
neck gracefully and spreading her diamond-sprinkled
wings. "I can see my reflection in the water, and I'm
sure there is no bird nor beast, nor human as
magnificent as I am!"
"How shall we get back to the island, your Majesty?"
pleaded Ervic.
"When my fame spreads throughout the land, people
will travel from all parts of this lake to look upon my
loveliness," said Coo-ee-oh, shaking her feathers to
make the diamonds glitter more brilliantly.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling: friend, old Hobden, to take their own dinghy from the
pond and put her on the brook at the bottom of the
garden. Her painted name was the Daisy, but for exploring
expeditions she was the Golden Hind or the Long
Serpent, or some such suitable name. Dan hiked and
howked with a boat-hook (the brook was too narrow for
sculls), and Una punted with a piece of hop-pole. When
they came to a very shallow place (the Golden Hind drew
quite three inches of water) they disembarked and
scuffled her over the gravel by her tow-rope, and
when they reached the overgrown banks beyond the
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