| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: in the shadow. The skin of a bear looked at us from
hollow eye-sockets in which there were no eyes. We
talked of the Long Trail. Outside the wind, rising,
howled through the shakes of the roof
ON THE WIND AT NIGHT
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ON THE WIND AT NIGHT
The winds were indeed abroad that night. They
rattled our cabin, they shrieked in our eaves,
they puffed down our chimney, scattering the ashes
and leaving in the room a balloon of smoke as though
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: openly at the Club, and--'
'Who said it?' Mrs. Innes demanded.
A flood of colour rushed over her face. Horace marked that she
blushed.
'I don't know whether I ought to tell you, Violet. It certainly was
not meant for your ears.'
'If I'm not to know who said it, I don't see why I should pay any
attention to it. Mere idle rumour--'
Innes bit his lip.
'Captain Gordon said it,' he replied.
'Bobby Gordon! DO tell me what he said! I'm dying to know. Was he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: quite out of the question.
ALGERNON. Then what is to be done, Cecily?
CECILY. I don't know, Mr. Moncrieff.
LADY BRACKNELL. My dear Mr. Worthing, as Miss Cardew states
positively that she cannot wait till she is thirty-five - a remark
which I am bound to say seems to me to show a somewhat impatient
nature - I would beg of you to reconsider your decision.
JACK. But my dear Lady Bracknell, the matter is entirely in your
own hands. The moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I
will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my
ward.
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