| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: Chair.
"At nine I will call for the sack, and at eleven will deliver the
rest of the ten thousand to Mr. Richards in person at his home.
Good-night."
Then he slipped out, and left the audience making a vast noise,
which was composed of a mixture of cheers, the "Mikado" song, dog-
disapproval, and the chant, "You are f-a-r from being a b-a-a-d man-
-a-a-a a-men!"
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At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments
until midnight. Then they were left to themselves. They looked a
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: You were both wrong--you were riding with Mr. Bernard
Custer, of Beatrice. I am he. I have no apologies to make.
What I did I would do again. I did it for Lutha and for the
woman I love. She knows and the king knew that I intended
restoring his identity to him with no one the wiser for the
interchange that had taken place. The king upset my plans
by stealing back his identity while I slept, with the result
that you see before you upon the floor. He has died as he
had lived--futilely."
As he spoke the Princess Emma had crossed the room to-
ward him. Now she stood at his side, her hand in his.
The Mad King |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: not believe in a future life, nor in the immortality of the soul, nor
in providence, nor in God. Pressed with questions by the innocent
creature, the doctor was unable to hide the fatal secret. Ursula's
artless consternation made him smile, but when he saw her depressed
and sad he felt how deep an affection her sadness revealed. Absolute
devotion has a horror of every sort of disagreement, even in ideas
which it does not share. Sometimes the doctor accepted his darling's
reasonings as he would her kisses, said as they were in the sweetest
of voices with the purest and most fervent feeling. Believers and
unbelievers speak different languages and cannot understand each
other. The young girl pleading God's cause was unreasonable with the
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