| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: much like him.
"Life on the range ain't just what y'u can call exciting," he
continued, "and when a young lady fresh from back East drops
among us while sixguns are popping, breaks up a likely feud and
mends right neatly all the ventilated feudists it's a corollary
to her fun that's she is going to become famous."
What he said was true enough. The unsolicited notoriety her
exploit had brought upon her had been its chief penalty. Garbled
versions of it had appeared with fake pictures in New York and
Chicago Sunday supplements, and all Cattleland had heard and
discussed it. No matter into what unfrequented canon she rode,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: "If I were in love with Lord Lambeth, as you said just now,
it would be bad policy on your part to abuse him."
"My dear child, don't give me lessons in policy!" cried Mrs. Westgate.
"The policy I mean to follow is very deep."
The young girl began to walk about the room again; then she
stopped before her sister. "I have never heard in the course
of five minutes," she said, "so many hints and innuendoes.
I wish you would tell me in plain English what you mean."
"I mean that you may be much annoyed."
"That is still only a hint," said Bessie.
Her sister looked at her, hesitating an instant.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: look it over thoroughly just now--and that shows that there are
three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday
presents--'
`Certainly,' said Alice.
`And only ONE for birthday presents, you know. There's glory
for you!'
`I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. `Of course you don't--
till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for
you!"'
`But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice
Through the Looking-Glass |
