| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: then he must like it! Ha, ha! Is a slater by trade. Been out of work
some time; younger men naturally get the work. Gets a bit of
bricklaying sometimes; can turn his hand to anything. Goes miles and
gets nothing. Earned one and twopence this week at holding horses.
Finds it hard, certainly. Used to care once, and get down-hearted, but
that's no good; don't trouble now. Had a bit of bread and butter and
cup of coffee to-day. Health is awful bad, not half the size he was;
exposure and want of food is the cause; got wet last night, and is very
stiff in consequence. Has been walking about since it was light, that
is 3 a.m. Was so cold and wet and weak, scarcely knew what to do.
Walked to Hyde Park, and got a little sleep there on a dry seat as soon
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Blue Flower by Henry van Dyke: "I think not," said he, "but I will come. Yes, of course,
I am bound to come. But let me have a few minutes here alone.
Go you down along the path a little way slowly. I will follow
you in a quarter of an hour. And remember we are to be here
together once more!"
Once more! Yes, and then what must be done?
How was this strange case to be dealt with so as to save all
the actors, as far as possible, from needless suffering? That
Keene's mind was disordered at least three of us suspected
already. But to me alone was the nature and seat of the
disorder known. How make the others understand it? They
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honore de Balzac: developed by Ursula and by the banter of the clerks, made him study
commerce with an eye in which intelligence was veiled beneath
simplicity: he observed the customers; asked in leisure moments for
explanations about the merchandise, whose divers sorts and proper
places he retained in his head. The day came when he knew all the
articles, and their prices and marks, better than any new-comer; and
from that time Monsieur and Madame Ragon made a practice of employing
him in the business.
When the terrible levy of the year II. made a clean sweep in the shop
of citizen Ragon, Cesar Birotteau, promoted to be second clerk,
profited by the occasion to obtain a salary of fifty francs a month,
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau |
