| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: almost reached. Orde heard the first premonitions of reaction in
the mild grumblings that arose. He knew these men well from his
long experience with them. Although the need for struggle against
the tireless dynamics of the river was as insistent as ever;
although it seemed certain that a moment's cessation of effort would
permit the enemy an irretrievable gain, he called a halt on the
whole work.
"Boys," said he, irrelevantly, "let's have a smoke?"
He set the example by throwing himself full length against a
slanting pile and most leisurely filling his pipe. The men stared a
moment; then followed his example. A great peace of evening filled
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: are wisest. They are the magi.
End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: "Do not mix yourself up with it, monseigneur; if there be
usury, it is I who practice it, and both of us reap the
advantage from it -- that is all."
"Some intrigue, D'Herblay?"
"I do not deny it."
"And Baisemeaux an accomplice in it?"
"Why not? -- there are worse accomplices than he. May I
depend, then, upon the five thousand pistoles to-morrow?"
"Do you want them this evening?"
"It would be better, for I wish to start early; poor
Baisemeaux will not be able to imagine what has become of
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