| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf: who had not gone to church, although their clothing made it clear
that they approved of Sunday to the very verge of going to church.
Rachel felt unable to stand any more of this particular atmosphere,
and was about to say she must go back, when Terence passed them,
drawn along in talk with Evelyn M. Rachel thereupon contented
herself with saying that the people looked very respectable,
which negative remark Mrs. Flushing interpreted to mean that she
would stay.
"English people abroad!" she returned with a vivid flash of malice.
"Ain't they awful! But we won't stay here," she continued,
plucking at Rachel's arm. "Come up to my room."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: accounts fer the cub. Bent's allus got cubs, an' kittens, an' sich. An'
I'll tell you, he ain't no better friend of ourn than Jim Williams."
"I'd about as soon tackle Williams as Bent," put in Bud.
Buell shook his fist. "What luck the kid has! But I'll get him, take it
from me! Now, what's best to do?"
"Buell, the game's going against you," said Dick Leslie. "The penitentiary
is where you'll finish. You'd better let me loose. Old Bent will find Jim
Williams, and then you fellows will be up against it. There's going to be
somebody killed. The best thing for you to do is to let me go and then cut
out yourself."
Buell breathed as heavily as a porpoise, and his footsteps pounded hard.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: and almost overpowering name, Willis Jimjams Ijams!"
He knew by the cheer that he was secure again and popular; he knew that he
would no more endanger his security and popularity by straying from the Clan
of Good Fellows.
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Henry Thompson dashed into the office, clamoring, "George! Big news! Jake
Offutt says the Traction Bunch are dissatisfied with the way Sanders, Torrey
and Wing handled their last deal, and they're willing to dicker with us!"
Babbitt was pleased in the realization that the last scar of his rebellion was
healed, yet as he drove home he was annoyed by such background thoughts as had
never weakened him in his days of belligerent conformity. He discovered that
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