| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett: know upon what errand he had come.
"It may be found out some o' these days," he said earnestly.
"We may know it all, the next step; where Mrs. Begg is now, for
instance. Certainty, not conjecture, is what we all desire."
"I suppose we shall know it all some day," said I.
"We shall know it while yet below," insisted the captain, with
a flush of impatience on his thin cheeks. "We have not looked for
truth in the right direction. I know what I speak of; those who
have laughed at me little know how much reason my ideas are based
upon." He waved his hand toward the village below. "In that
handful of houses they fancy that they comprehend the universe."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: hillside,[32] he can keep up their spirits with a constant "Well done,
good hounds! well done, good hounds! good hounds!" Or if any are at
fault, having overshot the line, he will call to them, "Back, hounds!
back, will you! try back!"
[32] Or, "if the chase sweeps over a mountain-side."
As soon as the hounds have got back to (where they missed) the
line,[33] he must cast them round, making many a circle to and fro;
and where the line fails, he should plant a stake[34] as a sign-post
to guide the eye, and so cast round the dogs from that point,[35] till
they have found the right scent, with coaxing and encouragement. As
soon as the line of scent is clear,[36] off go the dogs, throwing
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: general, in this confusion, having nothing else besides his purple
cloak, lost his life for that, and Hermaeus, the priest, was trod
underfoot in the gate.
Mithridates, having not one of his guards, nor even a groom
remaining with him, got out of the camp in the throng, but had none
of his horses with him; until Ptolemy, the eunuch, some little time
after, seeing him in the press making his way among the others,
dismounted and gave his horse to the king. The Romans were already
close upon him in their pursuit, nor was it through want of speed
that they failed to catch him, but they were as near as possible
doing so. But greediness and a petty military avarice hindered
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