| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Recruit by Honore de Balzac: "I will prove," he continued in a kindly voice, "the falsity of the
denunciation, by making a careful search of the premises; and the
nature of my report will protect you in future from all suspicions. I
will speak of your patriotic gifts, your civic virtues, and that will
save you."
Madame de Dey feared a trap, and she stood motionless; but her face
was on fire, and her tongue stiff in her mouth. A rap sounded on the
door.
"Oh!" cried the mother, falling on her knees, "save him! save him!"
"Yes, we will save him," said the official, giving her a look of
passion; "if it costs us our life, we will save him."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: the draught-pipe of hell! If they're just up there for a row,
there'll be whisky in camp; and you can bet McNeill's got some of
'em instructed on YOUR account. They'll kill you, sure!"
"I agree with you it's risky," replied Orde. "I'm scared; I'm
willing to admit it. But I don't see what else to do. Of course
he's got no rights, but what the hell good does that do us after our
water is gone? And Jim, my son, if we hang this drive, I'll be
buried so deep I never will dig out. No; I've got to go. You can
stay up here in charge of the rear until I get back. Send word by
Charlie who's to boss your division while you're gone."
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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: under a general interest in all branches of knowledge, not a
commercial eagerness to excel in one.
In both these directions our sympathies are constipated. We
are apostles of our own caste and our own subject of study,
instead of being, as we should, true men and LOVING students.
Of course both of these could be corrected by the students
themselves; but this is nothing to the purpose: it is more
important to ask whether the Senatus or the body of alumni
could do nothing towards the growth of better feeling and
wider sentiments. Perhaps in another paper we may say
something upon this head.
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