| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: explosions? who but some spirit of the mine? This, at least,
was the opinion commonly spread among the superstitious Scotch.
In the first rank of the believers in the supernatural
in the Dochart pit figured Jack Ryan, Harry's friend.
He was the great partisan of all these superstitions.
All these wild stories were turned by him into songs,
which earned him great applause in the winter evenings.
But Jack Ryan was not alone in his belief. His comrades affirmed,
no less strongly, that the Aberfoyle pits were haunted,
and that certain strange beings were seen there frequently,
just as in the Highlands. To hear them talk, it would have
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: coquettish and seductive retreat, followed by the gorilla
as he sang "I'll Woo Thee to My Sylvan Home."
The song was a lyric of merit. The words were non-
sense, as befitted the play, but the music was worthy of
something better. Delmars struck into it in a rich tenor
that owned a quality that shamed the flippant words.
During one verse of the song the wood nymph per-
formed the grotesque evolutions designed for the scene.
At the middle of the second verse she stood still, with a
strange look on her face, seeming to gaze dreamily into
the depths of the scenic forest. The gorilla's last leap
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: different he was to what he wanted to be, and
realised the desire of his heart.
Soon after Lisa's visit he went to live in a sep-
arate cell as a hermit, and for three weeks did not
officiate again in the church of the friary. After
the celebration of the mass, he preached a sermon
denouncing his own sins and those of the world,
and urging all to repent.
From that day he preached every fortnight,
and his sermons attracted increasing audiences.
His fame as a preacher spread abroad. His
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