| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: went off and left him."
"Yes," she said, simply, as they passed up the companionway to
the deck together, "that man, the driver, refused to bring us any
farther."
Cleggett must have looked a little blank at that, for she
suddenly threw back her head and laughed at him. And then,
sobering instantly, she called to the squat young man:
"Elmer! Oh, Elmer! You may bring the boxes on board!" She
turned to Cleggett: "He may, mayn't he? Thank you--I was sure
you would say he might. And if one of your men could just give
him a lift? And--the ice?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Apology by Plato: me; Meletus, who has a quarrel with me on behalf of the poets; Anytus, on
behalf of the craftsmen and politicians; Lycon, on behalf of the
rhetoricians: and as I said at the beginning, I cannot expect to get rid
of such a mass of calumny all in a moment. And this, O men of Athens, is
the truth and the whole truth; I have concealed nothing, I have dissembled
nothing. And yet, I know that my plainness of speech makes them hate me,
and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth?--Hence
has arisen the prejudice against me; and this is the reason of it, as you
will find out either in this or in any future enquiry.
I have said enough in my defence against the first class of my accusers; I
turn to the second class. They are headed by Meletus, that good man and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: her ears. Prissy came down the stairs three at a time.
"Is de doctah come?"
"No. He can't come."
"Gawd, Miss Scarlett! Miss Melly bad off!"
"The doctor can't come. Nobody can come. You've got to bring the
baby and I'll help you."
Prissy's mouth fell open and her tongue wagged wordlessly. She
looked at Scarlett sideways and scuffed her feet and twisted her
thin body.
"Don't look so simple minded!" cried Scarlett, infuriated at her
silly expression. "What's the matter?"
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