| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Straight Deal by Owen Wister: for the whole of the Irish. Independence is not desired by the whole of
the Irish. Irishmen of Ulster have plainly said so. Everybody knows this.
Roman Catholics themselves are not unanimous. Only some of them desire
independence. These, known as Sinn Fein, appeal to us for deliverance
from their conqueror and oppressor; they dwell upon the oppression of
England beneath which Ireland is now crushed. They refer to England's
brutal and unjustifiable conquest of the Irish nation seven hundred and
forty-eight years ago.
What is the truth, what are the facts?
By his bull "Laudabiliter," in 1155, Pope Adrian the Fourth invited the
King of England to take charge of Ireland. In 1172 Pope Alexander the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: for a moment upon the edge of a declivity, which appeared to
the girl in the strange light of the waning night as a vast,
bottomless pit; but, as their captors resumed their way and
the light of the new day became stronger, she saw that they
were moving downward toward a dense forest.
Once beneath the over-arching trees all was again Cim-
merian darkness, nor was the gloom relieved until the sun
finally arose beyond the eastern cliffs, when she saw that they
were following what appeared to be a broad and well-beaten
game trail through a forest of great trees. The ground was
unusually dry for an African forest and the underbrush, while
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson: knowledge, is the best equipped of all to love his
neighbours. And perhaps it is in this sense that charity may
be most properly said to begin at home. It does not matter
what quality a person has: Pepys can appreciate and love him
for it. He "fills his eyes" with the beauty of Lady
Castlemaine; indeed, he may be said to dote upon the thought
of her for years; if a woman be good-looking and not painted,
he will walk miles to have another sight of her; and even
when a lady by a mischance spat upon his clothes, he was
immediately consoled when he had observed that she was
pretty. But, on the other hand, he is delighted to see Mrs.
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