| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lin McLean by Owen Wister: after one look. "That," said he, and laid a large muscular hand upon the
Laureate. The young lady behind the counter spoke out acidly, and Lin
pulled the abject hand away. His taste, however, happened to be sound,
or, at least, it was at one with the Governor's; but now they learned
that there was a distressing variance in the matter of price.
The Governor stared at the delicate article of his choice. "I know that
Tennyson is what she--is what's wanted," he muttered; and, feeling
himself nudged, looked around and saw Lin's extended fist. This gesture
he took for a facetious sympathy, and, dolorously grasping the hand,
found himself holding a lump of bills. Sheer amazement relaxed him, and
the cow-puncher's matted wealth tumbled on the floor in sight of all
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: curate, who had been crouching silently with his arms
over his head, looked up as I passed, cried out quite loudly
at my desertion of him, and came running after me.
That night, as we lurked in the scullery, balanced between
our horror and the terrible fascination this peeping had, al-
though I felt an urgent need of action I tried in vain to
conceive some plan of escape; but afterwards, during the
second day, I was able to consider our position with great
clearness. The curate, I found, was quite incapable of dis-
cussion; this new and culminating atrocity had robbed him
of all vestiges of reason or forethought. Practically he had
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mayflower Compact: constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances,
Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time,
as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the
Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise
all due Submission and Obedience.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names
at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our
Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland,
the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth,
Anno. Domini, 1620.
Mr. John Carver Mr. Stephen Hopkins
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