| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: into a stronger frame of mind. I advise you to go out:
the air will do you good; go out for an hour on the gravel;
you will have the shrubbery to yourself, and will be the
better for air and exercise. And, Fanny" (turning back
again for a moment), "I shall make no mention below of
what has passed; I shall not even tell your aunt Bertram.
There is no occasion for spreading the disappointment;
say nothing about it yourself."
This was an order to be most joyfully obeyed; this was
an act of kindness which Fanny felt at her heart.
To be spared from her aunt Norris's interminable
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: resistance to the wind as possible, that she might have the
better chance of riding out the gale. Among these
preparations the best bower cable was bent, so as to have a
second anchor in readiness in case the mooring-hawser should
give way, that every means might be used for keeping the
vessel within sight of the prisoners on the beacon, and
thereby keep them in as good spirits as possible. From the
same motive the boats were kept afloat that they might be less
in fear of the vessel leaving her station. The landing-master
had, however, repeatedly expressed his anxiety for the safety
of the boats, and wished much to have them hoisted on board.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson: Yet there was nothing for surprise,
Nor much that need be told:
Love, with his gift of pain, had given
More than one heart could hold.
The Mill
The miller's wife had waited long,
The tea was cold, the fire was dead;
And there might yet be nothing wrong
In how he went and what he said:
"There are no millers any more,"
Was all that she had heard him say;
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