| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: winding roadways, sun-kissed gardens--scenes which might
have portrayed earthly views but for the different colorings of
the vegetation. The work had evidently been wrought by a
master hand, so subtle the atmosphere, so perfect the technique;
yet nowhere was there a representation of a living animal,
either human or brute, by which I could guess at the likeness
of these other and perhaps extinct denizens of Mars.
While I was allowing my fancy to run riot in wild conjecture
on the possible explanation of the strange anomalies which
I had so far met with on Mars, Sola returned bearing both
food and drink. These she placed on the floor beside me,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: of that stream, that fish, or the method of its
capture, few can tell you with any pretense of accuracy.
To be sure, there are legends. One, particularly
striking, claims that the Golden Trout occurs in one
other stream--situated in Central Asia!--and that
the fish is therefore a remnant of some pre-glacial
period, like Sequoia trees, a sort of grand-daddy of
all trout, as it were. This is but a sample of what
you will hear discussed.
Of course from the very start we had had our eye
on the Golden Trout, and intended sooner or later
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost: of all hearts.'
"I made the man who attended a present as I went out, in order
to quicken his zeal and attentions. This fellow had a mind less
rough and vulgar than the generality of his class. He had
witnessed our interview, and was affected by it. The interest he
felt was doubtless increased by the louis d'or I gave him. He
took me aside as we went down into the courtyard. `Sir,' said
he, `if you will only take me into your service, or indemnify me
in any way for the loss of the situation which I fill here, I
think I should not have much difficulty in liberating the
beauteous Manon.'
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