| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum: with joy the return of the little old Wizard.
"Sir," said he to the latter, "I never can thank you enough for the
excellent heart you once gave me. It has made me many friends,
I assure you, and it beats as kindly and lovingly today as it every did."
"I'm glad to hear that," said the Wizard. "I was afraid it would get
moldy in that tin body of yours."
"Not at all," returned Nick Chopper. "It keeps finely, being preserved
in my air-tight chest."
Zeb was a little shy when first introduced to these queer people; but
they were so friendly and sincere that he soon grew to admire them
very much, even finding some good qualities in the yellow hen. But he
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: consciousness by the new problems perpetually bubbling up from
the vaporous caldron of human experience.
Even Mary Boyne's consciousness gradually felt the same lowering
of velocity. It still swayed with the incessant oscillations of
conjecture; but they were slower, more rhythmical in their beat.
There were moments of overwhelming lassitude when, like the
victim of some poison which leaves the brain clear, but holds the
body motionless, she saw herself domesticated with the Horror,
accepting its perpetual presence as one of the fixed conditions
of life.
These moments lengthened into hours and days, till she passed
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: de l'Estorade, in the same freezing tone; "but as for my husband or
me, there is nothing to be surprised about."
The meaning of this discourteous answer was too plain for Jacques
Bricheteau not to perceive it. He looked straight at the countess, who
lowered her eyes; but the whole expression of her countenance, due
north, confirmed the meaning he could no longer mistake in her words.
"Pardon me, madame," he said, rising. "I was not aware that the future
and the reputation of Monsieur de Sallenauve had become indifferent to
you. Only a moment ago, in your antechamber, when your servant
hesitated to take in my name, Mademoiselle, your daughter, as soon as
she heard I was the friend of Monsieur de Sallenauve, took my part
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