| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from From London to Land's End by Daniel Defoe: good company, and a good deal of it; and a man that coveted a
retreat in this world might as agreeably spend his time and as well
in Dorchester as in any town I know in England.
The downs round this town are exceeding pleasant, and come up on,
every side, even to the very streets' end; and here it was that
they told me that there were six hundred thousand sheep fed on the
downs within six miles of the town--that is, six miles every way,
which is twelve miles in diameter, and thirty-six miles in
circumference. This, I say, I was told--I do not affirm it to be
true; but when I viewed the country round, I confess I could not
but incline to believe it.
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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 Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: out notices by messenger to all pawnshops and dealers in
second-hand clothing, and now the machinery of the law sat waiting
for some news of an attempt on the part of the robber-and-murderer
to get rid of his plunder.
On this same Wednesday, about the twilight hour, David Goldstamm,
dealer in second-hand clothing, stood before the door of his shop
in a side street of the old Hungarian city of Pressburg and watched
his assistant take down the clothes which were hanging outside and
carry them into the store. The old man's eyes glanced carelessly
up and down the street and caught sight of a man who turned the
corner and came hurrying towards him. This man was a very
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: since made up my mind to go to the island, and see what this music
is. If it's bad, if it kills me - well."
"What have I to do with the man and his music, Gleameil?" demanded
Maskull.
"I think the music will answer all your questions better than
Polecrab has done - and possibly in a way that will surprise you."
"What kind of music can it be to travel all those miles across the
sea?"
"A peculiar kind, so we are told. Not pleasant, but painful. And
the man that can play the instrument of Earthrid would be able to
conjure up the most astonishing forms, which are not phantasms, but
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