| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: YOUR resolution and good conduct, I am sure. You must not
disappoint your father."
"My dear aunt, this is being serious indeed."
"Yes, and I hope to engage you to be serious likewise."
"Well, then, you need not be under any alarm. I will take care of
myself, and of Mr. Wickham too. He shall not be in love with
me, if I can prevent it."
"Elizabeth, you are not serious now."
"I beg your pardon, I will try again. At present I am not in love
with Mr. Wickham; no, I certainly am not. But he is, beyond all
comparison, the most agreeable man I ever saw-- and if he
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: other had flown. By-and-by Ali borrowed a third piece of money,
and then a fourth and then a fifth, so that by the time that six
months had passed and gone he had spent thirty of the hundred
pieces that had been found, and in all that time Abdallah had
used not so much as a pistareen.
But when Ali came for the thirty-and-first loan, Abdallah refused
to let him have any more money. It was in vain that the elder
begged and implored--the younger abided by what he had said.
Then Ali began to put on a threatening front. "You will not let
me have the money?" he said.
"No, I will not."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: vast, unrestful rage of the surface to the profound peace of the
depths, sleeping untroubled since the beginning of ages.
XVIII.
But if the word "missing" brings all hope to an end and settles the
loss of the underwriters, the word "overdue" confirms the fears
already born in many homes ashore, and opens the door of
speculation in the market of risks.
Maritime risks, be it understood. There is a class of optimists
ready to reinsure an "overdue" ship at a heavy premium. But
nothing can insure the hearts on shore against the bitterness of
waiting for the worst.
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