| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: He had with the rest of his misfortunes the good luck not to
be actually upon the spot when the robbery was done which
he was committed for, and so none of the persons robbed
could swear to him, or had anything to charge upon him. But
it seems as he was taken with the gang, one hard-mouthed
countryman swore home to him, and they were like to have
others come in according to the publication they had made;
so that they expected more evidence against him, and for that
reason he was kept in hold.
However, the offer which was made to him of admitting him to
transportation was made, as I understood, upon the intercession
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: and withdrew her hand. "Bimeby mosquito come. Skin get sore in
spot; um swell, oh, so big; um hurt, oh, so much. Plenty
mosquito; plenty spot. I think better you go now before mosquito
come. This way," pointing down the stream, "you go St. Michael's;
that way," pointing up, "you go Dyea. Better you go Dyea. Good-
by."
And that which Mrs. Sayther then did, caused Pierre to marvel
greatly. For she threw her arms around the Indian girl, kissed
her, and burst into tears.
"Be good to him," she cried. "Be good to him."
Then she slipped half down the face of the bank, called back
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: was no passion in it. But a profound physical dislike. Almost, it
seemed to her, she had married him because she disliked him, in a
secret, physical sort of way. But of course, she had married him really
because in a mental way he attracted her and excited her. He had
seemed, in some way, her master, beyond her.
Now the mental excitement had worn itself out and collapsed, and she
was aware only of the physical aversion. It rose up in her from her
depths: and she realized how it had been eating her life away.
She felt weak and utterly forlorn. She wished some help would come from
outside. But in the whole world there was no help. Society was terrible
because it was insane. Civilized society is insane. Money and so-called
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
