| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The United States Bill of Rights: and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized.
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,
unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service
in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for
the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: he shouted again, "Look out! sharp! watch the sheets!"
An involuntary cry broke forth from all on board.
But it was no cry of terror. Right ahead was a narrow
opening in the solid rock; it was hardly forty feet wide.
Whether it was a passage or no, it mattered little;
it was at least a refuge; and, driven by wind and wave,
the _Dobryna_, under the dexterous guidance of the lieutenant,
dashed in between its perpendicular walls.
Had she not immured herself in a perpetual prison?
CHAPTER XIII
A ROYAL SALUTE
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: had called out loudly several times, "God! God! God!" After that
there was a sound of falling, and when he entered the room he found
him lying on the floor, face down, just as the doctors had seen him.
Van Helsing asked if he had heard "voices" or "a voice," and he said
he could not say. That at first it had seemed to him as if there were two,
but as there was no one in the room it could have been only one.
He could swear to it, if required, that the word "God" was spoken
by the patient.
Dr. Seward said to us, when we were alone, that he did not wish to go
into the matter. The question of an inquest had to be considered,
and it would never do to put forward the truth, as no one would believe it.
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