| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: Imperial Majesty Tze-hsi, etc., the Great Empress Dowager:
" 'Although of scanty merit, I received the command of His
Majesty the Emperor Wen Tsung-hsien (the posthumous title of
Hsien Feng) to occupy a throne prepared for me in the palace.
When the Emperor Mu Tsung I (Tung Chih) as a child succeeded to
the throne, violence and confusion prevailed. It was a critical
period of suppression by force. "Long-hairs" (Tai-ping rebels)
and the "twisted turbans" (Nien Fei) were in rebellion. The
Mohammedans and the aborigines had commenced to make trouble.
There were many disturbances along the seacoast. The people were
destitute. Ulcers and sores met the eye on every side.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris:
"And to think of having all those stories to read! You haven't
read any of them yet?"
"Not a one. I've been reading only the novels we take up in the
Wednesday class."
"Lord!" muttered Condy.
Condy's spirits had been steadily rising since the incident aboard
the whaleback. The exhilaration of the water-front, his delight
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: That little figure was himself! And the book which was his
particular task in life was still undone. He himself stood in
his turn upon that lonely path with the engulfing darknesses
about him. . . .
He seemed to wrench himself awake.
He lay very still for some moments and then he sat up in bed.
An overwhelming conviction had arisen--in his mind that Sir
Richmond was dead. He felt he must know for certain. He
switched on his electric light, mutely interrogated his round
face reflected in the looking glass, got out of bed, shuffled
on his slippers and went along the passage to the telephone.
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