| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: distinguish between planking and sills. And because he was a
gentleman and himself trustworthy, he trusted every scoundrel who
came along and several times would have lost money for her if she
had not tactfully intervened. And if he liked a person--and he
seemed to like so many people!--he sold them lumber on credit
without ever thinking to find out if they had money in the bank or
property. He was as bad as Frank in that respect.
But surely he would learn! And while he was learning she had a
fond and maternal indulgence and patience for his errors. Every
evening when he called at her house, weary and discouraged, she was
tireless in her tactful, helpful suggestions. But for all her
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "Smiles the earth, and smile the waters,
Smile the cloudless skies above us,
But I lose the way of smiling
When thou art no longer near me!
"I myself, myself! behold me!
Blood of my beating heart, behold me!
Oh awake, awake, beloved!
Onaway! awake, beloved!"
Thus the gentle Chibiabos
Sang his song of love and longing;
And Iagoo, the great boaster,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: but this counterfeit philoprogenitiveness sits uneasily upon them,
and does not deceive anybody a particle. Mr. Bhaer's devotion was
sincere, however likewise effective--for honesty is the best policy
in love as in law. He was one of the men who are at home with children,
and looked particularly well when little faces made a pleasant
contrast with his manly one. His business, whatever it was, detained
him from day to day, but evening seldom failed to bring him out to
see--well, he always asked for Mr. March, so I suppose he was the
attraction. The excellent papa labored under the delusion that he
was, and reveled in long discussions with the kindred spirit, till
a chance remark of his more observing grandson suddenly enlightened him.
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