| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay: tea while weighing out her groceries, made it impossible for him
to do his best with a poor case. "Swett," he once exclaimed,
turning suddenly to his associate, "the man is guilty; you defend
him--I can't," and gave up his share of a large fee.
After his death some notes were found, written in his own hand,
that had evidently been intended for a little lecture or talk to
law students. They set forth forcibly, in a few words, his idea
of what a lawyer ought to be and to do. He earnestly commends
diligence in study, and, after diligence, promptness in keeping
up the work. "As a general rule, never take your whole fee in
advance," he says, "nor any more than a small retainer. When
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: but the hearthstone was warm during the winter, and the fare was full,
and so he had abided, putting off from day to day his going back
to Sherwood, until six long months had passed. But now he thought
of his good master and of Will Stutely, whom he loved better than anyone
in all the world, and of young David of Doncaster, whom he had trained
so well in all manly sports, till there came over his heart a great
and bitter longing for them all, so that his eyes filled with tears.
Then he said aloud, "Here I grow fat like a stall-fed ox and all my
manliness departeth from me while I become a sluggard and dolt.
But I will arouse me and go back to mine own dear friends once more,
and never will I leave them again till life doth leave my lips."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: a little water from his canteen into Warren's.
At first Cameron had curbed his restless activity to accommodate
the pace of his elder comrade. but now he felt that he was losing
something of his instinctive and passionate zeal to get out of
the desert. The thought of water came to occupy his mind. He
began to imagine that his last little store of water did not
appreciably diminish. He knew he was not quite right in his mind
regarding water; nevertheless, he felt this to be more of fact
than fancy, and he began to ponder.
When next they rested he pretended to be in a kind of stupor; but
he covertly watched Warren. The man appeared far gone, yet he had
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