| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Their resolution only proved fatal to themselves, as they were
charged again and again by fresh adversaries, and forced to
separate from each other, until at length their aim seemed only
to be to purchase an honourable death by resisting to the very
last.
"Good quarter, Sir Duncan," called out Major Dalgetty, when he
discovered his late host, with one or two others, defending
himself against several Highlanders; and, to enforce his offer,,
he rode up to him with his sword uplifted. Sir Duncan's reply was
the discharge of a reserved pistol, which took effect not on the
person of the rider, but on that of his gallant horse, which,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "There is no other way half so easy to obtain another
fortune, as to go to the treasure vaults of Opar and
bring it away," he replied. "I shall be very careful,
Jane, and the chances are that the inhabitants of Opar
will never know that I have been there again and
despoiled them of another portion of the treasure, the
very existence of which they are as ignorant of as they
would be of its value."
The finality in his tone seemed to assure Lady
Greystoke that further argument was futile, and so she
abandoned the subject.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: sleep than herself. The perplexity of the one party, and the
rage of the other, were such as may easily be imagined upon such
a surprise. The king, who of all men was one of the most mild
and gentle, testified his resentment to the Duke of Richmond in
such terms as he had never before used. The duke was speechless
and almost petrified; he saw his master and his king justly
irritated. The first transports which rage inspires on such
occasions are dangerous. Miss Stuart's window was very
convenient for a sudden revenge, the Thames flowing close beneath
it; he cast his eyes upon it, and seeing those of the king more
incensed than fired with indignation than he thought his nature
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