| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: The flattered Reddy pleaded guilty to being wiser than most men.
"Jest because I punch cows ain't any reason why I'm anybody's
fool. I'll show them smart boys at the Lazy D I don't have to
take the dust of any of the bunch when it comes to using my think
tank."
"I would," sympathized Burns. You bet they'll all be almighty
jealous when they learn how you was chosen out of the whole
outfit on this job."
All day they rode, and that night camped a few miles from the
Lazy D. Early next morning they hailed a solitary rider as he
passed. The man turned out to be a cowman, with a small ranch not
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: has arisen, and continued in level tones: "Fellner had refused the
duel and the murderer was crazed by his desire for revenge. He came
here to the house, he must have known just how to enter the place,
how to reach the rooms, and he must have known also, that the
Professor, coward as he was - "
"Coward? Is a man a coward when he refuses to stand up to a maniac?"
interrupted Bauer.
Muller came back to the present with a start and said calmly,
"Fellner was a coward."
"Then you know more than you are telling me now?"
Muller nodded. "Yes, I do," he answered with a smile. "But I will
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde: Men have died looking for such moments as this
And have not found them.
DUCHESS
Then you are not sorry?
How strange that seems.
GUIDO
What, Beatrice, have I not
Stood face to face with beauty? That is enough
For one man's life. Why, love, I could be merry;
I have been often sadder at a feast,
But who were sad at such a feast as this
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