| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: Muller went into the bedroom and soon returned with the key, which
he handed to the commissioner. The detective had found something
else in the little table drawer - a tortoise-shell hairpin, which
he had carefully hidden in his own pocket before rejoining the
others.
Horn turned to the servant again. "How many times have you been
out of the apartment since last night?"
"Once only, sir, to go to the police station to fetch you."
"And you locked the door behind you?"
"Why, yes, sir. You saw that I had to turn the key twice to let
you in."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: scooped clean out of the solid rock by ice which came down these
glaciers in old times. And be sure of this, that next to Madam
How's steam-pump and her rain-spade, her great ice-plough has had,
and has still, the most to do with making the ground on which we
live.
Do I mean that there were ever glaciers here? No, I do not.
There have been glaciers in Scotland in plenty. And if any Scotch
boy shall read this book, it will tell him presently how to find
the marks of them far and wide over his native land. But as you,
my child, care most about this country in which you live, I will
show you in any gravel-pit, or hollow lane upon the moor, the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: cheerful voice and went to the Throne Room, where he rapped upon the door.
"Come in," said Oz.
The Scarecrow went in and found the little man sitting down by
the window, engaged in deep thought.
"I have come for my brains," remarked the Scarecrow, a little uneasily.
"Oh, yes; sit down in that chair, please," replied Oz. "You must
excuse me for taking your head off, but I shall have to do it in order
to put your brains in their proper place."
"That's all right," said the Scarecrow. "You are quite welcome to take
my head off, as long as it will be a better one when you put it on again."
So the Wizard unfastened his head and emptied out the straw.
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