| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: rocked in his mother's arms; of his boyhood, when he excelled his
fellows in swimming, climbing, and all athletic sports; of his
youth, when he went out to sea with his boat and fished; of his
manhood, when he married a wife who cradled a son of his own in her
arms. Then came the alarm of war, and a great battle, of which for
a time the issue was doubtful; but the hero conquered, as he always
does, and with a tremendous burst of the victors the piece closed.
There were also comic pieces, which caused great amusement. During
one, an old man behind me clutched me by the arm, shook his finger
in my face with a roguish smile, and said something with a chuckle,
which I took to be the equivalent of "O, you women, you women; it
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: with a little cry of joy leaped toward their assailant.
"Tarzan!" she cried.
The ape-man hurled the two sailors across the deck, where
they rolled, stunned and terrified, into the scuppers upon the
opposite side, and with an exclamation of incredulity gathered
the girl into his arms.
Brief, however, were the moments for their greeting.
Scarcely had they recognized one another than the clouds
above them parted to show the figures of a half-dozen men
clambering over the side of the Kincaid to the steamer's deck.
Foremost among them was the Russian. As the brilliant
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius: Nor aught it matters with what food is fed
The body, if only what thou take thou canst
Distribute well digested to the frame
And keep the stomach in a moist career.
Now, how it is we see some food for some,
Others for others....
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I will unfold, or wherefore what to some
Is foul and bitter, yet the same to others
Can seem delectable to eat,- why here
So great the distance and the difference is
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