| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson: To do. But there are many days to be,
And there are many men to give their blood,
As I gave mine for them. May they come soon!
May they come soon, I say. And when they come,
May all that I have said unheard be heard,
Proving at last, or maybe not -- no matter --
What sort of madness was the part of me
That made me strike, whether I found the mark
Or missed it. Meanwhile, I've a strange content,
A patience, and a vast indifference
To what men say of me and what men fear
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: gift to you is this little tube. You may carry it within your pocket.
Whenever an enemy threatens you, be it man or beast, simply point the
tube and press this button in the handle. An electric current will
instantly be directed upon your foe, rendering him wholly unconscious
for the period of one hour. During that time you will have
opportunity to escape. As for your enemy, after regaining
consciousness he will suffer no inconvenience from the encounter
beyond a slight headache."
"That's fine!" said Rob, as he took the tube. It was scarcely six
inches long, and hollow at one end.
"The busy lives of men," proceeded the Demon, "require them to move
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: if he came not; and he had declined in silence the unattractive
invitation. These fresh hostile acts showed him that the worst had
come. He was in strength, his force posted along the whole front
of the mountain behind Apia, Matautu occupied, the Siumu road lined
up to the houses of the town with warriors passionate for war. The
occasion was unique, and there is no doubt that he designed to
seize it. The same day of this bombardment, he sent word bidding
all English and Americans wear a black band upon their arm, so that
his men should recognise and spare them. The hint was taken, and
the band worn for a continuance of days. To have refused would
have been insane; but to consent was unhappily to feed the
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