| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: be drawn with strange beasts: as lions, bears,
camels, and the like; or in the devices of their en-
trance; or in the bravery of their liveries; or in the
goodly furniture of their horses and armor. But
enough of these toys.
Of Nature
IN MEN
NATURE is often hidden; sometimes over-
come; seldom extinguished. Force, maketh
nature more violent in the return; doctrine and dis-
course, maketh nature less importune; but custom
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: he gave them the serpents' teeth.
Then he called for his chariot and his horses, and sent
heralds through all the town; and all the people went out
with him to the dreadful War-god's field.
And there Aietes sat upon his throne, with his warriors on
each hand, thousands and tens of thousands, clothed from head
to foot in steel chain-mail. And the people and the women
crowded to every window and bank and wall; while the Minuai
stood together, a mere handful in the midst of that great
host.
And Chalciope was there and Argus, trembling, and Medeia,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Travels with a Donkey in the Cevenne by Robert Louis Stevenson: natural features, but moved into the territory of a different race.
These people, as they hurriedly despatched their viands in an
intricate sword-play of knives, questioned and answered me with a
degree of intelligence which excelled all that I had met, except
among the railway folk at Chasserades. They had open telling
faces, and were lively both in speech and manner. They not only
entered thoroughly into the spirit of my little trip, but more than
one declared, if he were rich enough, he would like to set forth on
such another.
Even physically there was a pleasant change. I had not seen a
pretty woman since I left Monastier, and there but one. Now of the
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