| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: "Certainly not! The Vanderhoof set is wild and godless--I do not
wish to
see you keeping company with fools who walk in the broad and easy
way that
leads to perdition."
"It is rather a hard choice," said the young man, with a short
laugh,
turning toward the door. "According to you there's very little
difference--a fool's paradise or a fool's hell! Well, it's one
or
the other for me, and I'll toss up for it to-night: heads, I
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson: rearing a plentiful family in the smoke and din of Glasgow; he was
wealthy, and could have bought out his brother, the cock-laird, six
times over, it was whispered; and when he slipped away to Cauldstaneslap
for a well-earned holiday, which he did as often as he was able, he
astonished the neighbours with his broadcloth, his beaver hat, and the
ample plies of his neckcloth. Though an eminently solid man at bottom,
after the pattern of Hob, he had contracted a certain Glasgow briskness
and APLOMB which set him off. All the other Elliotts were as lean as a
rake, but Clement was laying on fat, and he panted sorely when he must
get into his boots. Dand said, chuckling: "Ay, Clem has the elements of
a corporation." "A provost and corporation," returned Clem. And his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: or who would risk it? - And here's my best respects to you,
Miss Nance.'
'And I forgot the part of cowardice,' resumed Mr. Archer.
'All men fear.'
'O, surely not!' cried Nance.
'All men,' reiterated Mr. Archer.
'Ay, that's a true word,' observed Old Cumberland, 'and a
thief, anyway, for it's a coward's trade.'
'But these fellows, now,' said Jonathan, with a curious,
appealing manner - 'these fellows with their seventy pounds!
Perhaps, Mr. Archer, they were no true thieves after all, but
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