| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: CHAPTER VIII
"ALL is for the best," I said, sitting down
close by the fire. "Now you will finish
telling me your story about Bela. I am certain
that what you have already told me was not the
end of it."
"Why are you so certain?" answered the
staff-captain, winking and smiling slyly.
"Because things don't happen like that. A
story with such an unusual beginning must also
have an unusual ending."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: do understand the thing. You've put your finger straight
on the point. It is true that those shares are out
against us--or might be turned against us if they could
be bought up. But in reality, they don't count at all.
In the first place, you see, they're scattered about
among small holders, country clergymen and old maids
on an annuity and so on--all over the country. Even if
these people were all traced, and hunted up, suppose it
was worth the trouble and expense, they wouldn't sell.
The bigger the price they were offered, the more mulish
they would be about holding. That's always the way
The Market-Place |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "Did you see anything that morning of a man about my size, carrying
a small grip, and wearing dark clothes and a derby hat?" I asked
eagerly.
McKnight was trying to look unconcerned, but I was frankly anxious.
It was clear that the man had jumped somewhere in the mile of track
just beyond.
"Well, yes, I did." The agent cleared his throat. "When the smash
came the operator at MX sent word along the wire, both ways. I got
it here, and I was pretty near crazy, though I knew it wasn't any
fault of mine.
"I was standing on the track looking down, for I couldn't leave the
The Man in Lower Ten |
