| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Now minutely Reuolts vpbraid his Faith-breach:
Those he commands, moue onely in command,
Nothing in loue: Now do's he feele his Title
Hang loose about him, like a Giants Robe
Vpon a dwarfish Theefe
Ment. Who then shall blame
His pester'd Senses to recoyle, and start,
When all that is within him, do's condemne
It selfe, for being there
Cath. Well, march we on,
To giue Obedience, where 'tis truly ow'd:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: Cleggett listened to the end, and then he said:
"But there WERE two men in the hold. And one of them, dead or
wounded, must still be down there. Carry this fellow into the
forecastle--we'll look at him later. Then bring some lanterns.
We are going down into that hold again."
With their pistols in their right hands and lanterns in their
left they descended, Cleggett first. It was not impossible that
the other intruder might be lying, wounded, but revived enough by
now to work a pistol, behind one of the rubbish heaps.
But no shots greeted them. The hold of the Jasper B. was not
divided into compartments of any sort. If it had ever had them,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: "Tootles," she cried, "I appeal to you."
Was it not strange? She appealed to Tootles, quite the
silliest one.
Grandly, however, did Tootles respond. For that one moment he
dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity.
"I am just Tootles," he said, "and nobody minds me. But the
first who does not behave to Wendy like an English gentleman I
will blood him severely."
He drew back his hanger; and for that instant his sun was at
noon. The others held back uneasily. Then Peter returned, and
they saw at once that they would get no support from him. He
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