| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: turned preacher. Six months after the merry monarch landed,
Bunyan was flung into Bedford gaol, where, rather than refrain
from puritanical discourses, in the utterance of which he
believed himself divinely inspired, he remained, with some short
intervals of liberty, for twelve years. When offered freedom at
the price of silence, he replied, "If you let me out to-day, I
will preach to-morrow." Nay, even in his confinement he
delivered sermons to his fellow-prisoners; and presently he
commenced to write. His convictions leading him to attack the
liturgy of the Church of England, and the religion of the
Quakers, his productions became popular amongst dissenters. At
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: of it is, I see no way. How unlike is life to novels! I wouldn't
have even begun this business in a novel, but what I'd have met a
dark, slouching fellow in the Oxford Road, who'd have become my
accomplice, and known all about how to do it, and probably broken
into Michael's house at night and found nothing but a waxwork
image; and then blackmailed or murdered me. But here, in real
life, I might walk the streets till I dropped dead, and none of
the criminal classes would look near me. Though, to be sure,
there is always Pitman,' he added thoughtfully.
Anxiety the Third: The Cottage at Browndean; or, The Underpaid
Accomplice. For he had an accomplice, and that accomplice was
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the square of light above him.
"Come up," commanded the Russian. "But bear in mind
that you will be shot if you make a single move to attack me
or any other aboard the ship."
The ape-man swung himself lightly to the deck. About him,
but at a respectful distance, stood a half-dozen sailors
armed with rifles and revolvers. Facing him was Paulvitch.
Tarzan looked about for Rokoff, who he felt sure must be
aboard, but there was no sign of him.
"Lord Greystoke," commenced the Russian, "by your continued
and wanton interference with M. Rokoff and his plans
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