| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: he said, and laughed again. "I couldn't tell, you know,
that you wouldn't want to talk about your father."
"Why, there's no reason in the world for not talking of him,"
she made haste to declare. "And if he's got something
good in the City, I'm sure I'm as glad as anyone. He is
the sort that ought always to have a good deal of money.
I mean, it will bring out his more amiable qualities.
He does not shine much in adversity--any more than I do."
Thorpe felt keenly that there were fine things to be said
here--but he had confidence in nothing that came to
his tongue. "I've been a poor man all my life--till now,"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass: the injustice of my enslavement, and the means of
escape.
About two months after this, I applied to Master
Hugh for the privilege of hiring my time. He was
not acquainted with the fact that I had applied to
Master Thomas, and had been refused. He too, at
first, seemed disposed to refuse; but, after some re-
flection, he granted me the privilege, and proposed
the following terms: I was to be allowed all my
time, make all contracts with those for whom I
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: new come from dancing and singing in the public hall; and his body,
his face, and his eyes were all of an enchanting beauty. Every
here and there in the Gilberts youths are to be found of this
absurd perfection; I have seen five of us pass half an hour in
admiration of a boy at Mariki; and Te Kop (my friend in the fine
mat and garland) I had already several times remarked, and long ago
set down as the loveliest animal in Apemama. The philtre of
admiration must be very strong, or these natives specially
susceptible to its effects, for I have scarce ever admired a person
in the islands but what he has sought my particular acquaintance.
So it was with Te Kop. He led me to the ocean side; and for an
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