The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald: was he that he was scarcely surprised at that strange
phenomenoncordiality manifested within fifty miles of
Manhattanwhen a passing car slowed down beside him and a voice
hailed him. He looked up and saw a magnificent Locomobile in
which sat two middle-aged men, one of them small and anxious
looking, apparently an artificial growth on the other who was
large and begoggled and imposing.
"Do you want a lift?" asked the apparently artificial growth,
glancing from the corner of his eye at the imposing man as if for
some habitual, silent corroboration.
"You bet I do. Thanks."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott: hundred exciting recollections of my childhood and youth, which
had been recalled by the unexpected pleasure of meeting your
lordship, prevented me from falling immediately asleep. I ought,
however, to say that these reflections were all of a pleasant and
agreeable kind, grounded on a sense of having for a time
exchanged the labour, fatigues, and dangers of my profession for
the enjoyments of a peaceful life, and the reunion of those
friendly and affectionate ties which I had torn asunder at the
rude summons of war.
"While such pleasing reflections were stealing over my mind, and
gradually lulling me to slumber, I was suddenly aroused by a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: ancient, outworn blood. Then the World said:
"'They are great but they are not many; let us make an end of
them by numbers and take their place and power and drink of their
Life-water, that they will not give to us. If myriads of us
perish by their arts, what does it matter, since we are
countless?' So the World made war upon the Sons of Wisdom. See!"
Again a picture formed. The sky was full of aircraft which
rained down fire like flashes of lightning upon cities beneath.
From these cities leapt up other fires that destroyed the swift-
travelling things above, so that they fell in numbers like gnats
burned by a lamp. Still more and more of them came till the
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