| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: vacation. The Grassdale people liked us, and me and Andy declared a
cessation of hostilities, never so much as floating the fly leaf of a
rubber concession prospectus or flashing a Brazilian diamond while we
was there.
"One day the leading hardware merchant of Grassdale drops around to
the hotel where me and Andy stopped, and smokes with us, sociable, on
the side porch. We knew him pretty well from pitching quoits in the
afternoons in the court house yard. He was a loud, red man, breathing
hard, but fat and respectable beyond all reason.
"After we talk on all the notorious themes of the day, this Murkison--
for such was his entitlements--takes a letter out of his coat pocket
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: it; her courage ebbed, and she had no answer for him. After a pause
he spoke again, still without turning. "If that was not enough to suit
your ends" - and though he spoke in a tone of ever-increasing sadness,
there glinted through it the faintest ray of mockery - "I marvel you
should have come to Zoyland - to compromise yourself to so little
purpose.
She raised a startled face. "Com ... compromise myself?" she echoed.
"Oh!" It was a cry of indignation.
"What else?" quoth he, and turned abruptly to confront her.
"Mistress Horton was.., was with me," she panted, her voice quivering as
on the brink of tears.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: diameter, of 223,000 cubic feet capacity, and fitted with two
motorsand two propellers. This vessel carries about 10
passengers, can climb to a maximum height of approximately 8,500
feet, and is capable of remaining in the air for twenty hours
upon a single fuel charge. While this is the largest and most
serviceable type of Parseval designed for military duties, there
is another, the A class, 200 feet in length with accommodation
for six passengers in addition to the crew of three, which is
capable of attaining a maximum altitude of 6,700 feet, and has an
endurance capacity of 15 hours. This class also is fitted with
twin propellers and motors. In addition there are the C and
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