| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: Mr. Travers smiled, coldly.
"Oh, yes," continued Lingard, "I understand that well enough. But
remember you are very far from home, while I, here, I am where I
belong. And I belong where I am. I am just Tom Lingard, no more,
no less, wherever I happen to be, and--you may ask--" A sweep of
his hand along the western horizon entrusted with perfect
confidence the remainder of his speech to the dumb testimony of
the sea.
He had been on board the yacht for more than an. hour, and
nothing, for him, had come of it but the birth of an unreasoning
hate. To the unconscious demand of these people's presence, of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: Nanine, who called to me to come back, I followed Marguerite."
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The room to which she had fled was lit only by a single candle.
She lay back on a great sofa, her dress undone, holding one hand
on her heart, and letting the other hang by her side. On the
table was a basin half full of water, and the water was stained
with streaks of blood.
Very pale, her mouth half open, Marguerite tried to recover
breath. Now and again her bosom was raised by a long sigh, which
seemed to relieve her a little, and for a few seconds she would
seem to be quite comfortable.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: he had seized the tail, and was pulling the kite toward him.
"It lifted Michael off the ground," he cried; "why should it
not carry you?"
"Both of us!"
"It can't lift two; Michael and Curly tried."
"Let us draw lots," Wendy said bravely.
"And you a lady; never." Already he had tied the tail round her.
She clung to him; she refused to go without him; but with a
"Good-bye, Wendy," he pushed her from the rock; and in a few minutes
she was borne out of his sight. Peter was alone on the lagoon.
The rock was very small now; soon it would be submerged. Pale
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