| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic: mother."
The active little girl made a cup of tea for her mother, and the
dinner was soon dispatched.
CHAPTER VI.
KATY PREPARES A STOCK OF MERCHANDISE.
Katy had not time then to tell her mother about the candy
speculation she had in view, and she was obliged to wait till her
return from Temple Street. Promptly at the hour, she presented
herself at Mrs. Gordon's, and they went to the house of the
mayor; but that distinguished gentleman was not at home, and the
lady promised to go again with her the next day.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: as well as change for I have sworn before you and Almighty God
the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century
and three-quarters ago.
The world is very different now, for man holds in his mortal hands
the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought
are still at issue around the globe. . .the belief that the rights of man
come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
Let the word go forth from this time and place. . .to friend and foe alike. . .
that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. . .
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: jetty and began casting off the rattan painter of his canoe.
The broad expanse of the lower reach, with its shimmering surface
dotted by the black specks of the fishing canoes, lay before his
eyes. The fishermen seemed to be racing. Babalatchi paused in
his work, and looked on with sudden interest. The man in the
foremost canoe, now within hail of the first houses of Sambir,
laid in his paddle and stood up shouting--
"The boats! the boats! The man-of-war's boats are coming! They
are here!"
In a moment the settlement was again alive with people rushing to
the riverside. The men began to unfasten their boats, the women
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