| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: not being immediately wanted, was left astern of the floating
light, and the other was kept in tow by the SMEATON, at the
buoy nearest to the rock. The Lighthouse yacht rode at
another buoy with all hands on board that could possibly be
spared out of the floating light. The party of artificers and
seamen which landed on the rock counted altogether forty in
number. At half-past eight o'clock a derrick, or mast of
thirty feet in height, was erected and properly supported with
guy-ropes, for suspending the block for raising the first
principal beam of the beacon; and a winch machine was also
bolted down to the rock for working the purchase-tackle.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Call of the Wild by Jack London: Buck. Francois was obdurate, but when he turned his back Buck
again displaced Sol-leks, who was not at all unwilling to go.
Francois was angry. "Now, by Gar, I feex you!" he cried, coming
back with a heavy club in his hand.
Buck remembered the man in the red sweater, and retreated slowly;
nor did he attempt to charge in when Sol-leks was once more
brought forward. But he circled just beyond the range of the
club, snarling with bitterness and rage; and while he circled he
watched the club so as to dodge it if thrown by Francois, for he
was become wise in the way of clubs. The driver went about his
work, and he called to Buck when he was ready to put him in his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Travels and Researches in South Africa by Dr. David Livingstone: formerly alight@mercury.interpath.net). To assure a high quality text,
the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.
[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are CAPITALIZED.
Some obvious errors have been corrected.]
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.
Also called, Travels and Researches in South Africa;
or, Journeys and Researches in South Africa.
By David Livingstone [British (Scot) Missionary and Explorer--1813-1873.]
David Livingstone was born in Scotland, received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow, and was sent to South Africa
by the London Missionary Society. Circumstances led him to try to meet
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