| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: hide was repaired and strengthened. The dogs, even the most vicious
of them, rejoiced at the prospect of doing the one thing that they
could do best. Each one strained at his trace as if he would drag
the sledge alone. Then the long tandem was straightened out, Dan
Scott took his place on the low seat, cracked his whip, shouted
"POUITTE! POUITTE!" and the equipage darted along the snowy track
like a fifty-foot arrow.
Pichou was in the lead, and he showed his metal from the start. No
need of the terrible FOUET to lash him forward or to guide his
course. A word was enough. "Hoc! Hoc! Hoc!" and he swung to the
right, avoiding an air-hole. "Re-re! Re-re!" and he veered to the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Where There's A Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart: ahead.
"Now," I said, when we were out of ear-shot, "spit it out. I've
been expecting it."
"Listen, Minnie," he answered, "is Ju--is Miss Summers still
confined to her room?"
"No," I replied coldly. "Ju--Miss Summers was down to-night to
dinner."
"Then she's seen Pierce," he said, "and he's told her the whole
story and by to-morrow--"
"What?" I demanded, clutching his arm. "You wretched boy, don't
tell me after all I've done"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: would go at once to the general and see if he could procure
the necessary order. Would the prince be so good as to await
his return? Von der Tann turned on the young officer, his
face purpling with rage.
"I will pass nowhere within the boundaries of Lutha," he
said, "upon the order of an Austrian. You may tell your
general that my only regret is that I have not with me to-
night the necessary force to pass through his lines to my
king--another time I shall not be so handicapped," and Lud-
wig, Prince von der Tann, wheeled his mount and spurred
away in the direction of Lustadt, at his heels an extremely
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