| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: girls assembled for study.
"My poor Gracchy!" exclaimed Mrs. Miller, running downstairs as
fast as she could. She found the room unusually quiet. Every girl
was deep in study except Miss Carpenter, who, pretending to pick
up a fallen book, was purple with suppressed laughter and the
congestion caused by stooping.
"Where is Miss Ward?" demanded Mrs. Miller.
"Miss Ward has gone for some astronomical diagrams in which we
are interested," said Agatha, looking up gravely. Just then Miss
Ward, diagrams in hand, entered.
"Has that cat been in here?" she said, not seeing Mrs. Miller,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: upon his silver horn; who thereupon sounded three blasts that came echoing
cheerily back from the gray walls of Nottingham. Then the archers stepped
forth to their places, while all the folks shouted with a mighty voice,
each man calling upon his favorite yeoman. "Red Cap!" cried some;
"Cruikshank!" cried others; "Hey for William o' Leslie!" shouted others
yet again; while ladies waved silken scarfs to urge each yeoman to
do his best.
Then the herald stood forth and loudly proclaimed the rules
of the game as follows:
"Shoot each man from yon mark, which is sevenscore yards and ten from
the target. One arrow shooteth each man first, and from all the archers
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: "George," he said, "if you pull this thing off--Once or twice
before you've stepped in--with that sort of Woosh of yours--"
He left the sentence unfinished.
"Give me that note-book," I said, "and tell me all you know.
Where's the ship? Where's Pollack? And where's that telegram
from? If that quap's to be got, I'll get it or bust. If you'll
hold on here until I get back with it."...
And so it was I jumped into the wildest adventure of my life.
I requisitioned my uncle's best car forthwith. I went down that
night to the place of despatch named on Nasmyth's telegram,
Bampton S.O. Oxon, routed him out with a little trouble from
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