| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton: easy one: and, Mr. Auceps, I doubt we shall hear a watery discourse of
it, but I hope it will not be a long one.
Auceps. And I hope so too, though I fear it will.
Piscator. Gentlemen, let not prejudice prepossess you. I confess my
discourse is like to prove suitable to my recreation, calm and quiet; we
seldom take the name of God into our mouths, but it is either to praise
him, or pray to him: if others use it vainly in the midst of their
recreations, so vainly as if they meant to conjure, I must tell you, it is
neither our fault nor our custom; we protest against it. But, pray
remember, I accuse nobody; for as I would not make a " watery
discourse," so I would not put too much vinegar into it; nor would I
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: part with the girl; and, when everything had been prepared for his journey,
he thus addressed her parents:--
"Though it may seem thankless to ask for more than I have already
received, I must again beg you to give me your daughter for wife. It would
be difficult for me to separate from her now; and as she is willing to
accompany me, if you permit, I can take her with me as she is. If you will
give her to me, I shall ever cherish you as parents... And, in the
meantime, please to accept this poor acknowledgment of your kindest
hospitality."
So saying, he placed before his humble host a purse of gold ryo. But the
old man, after many prostrations, gently pushed back the gift, and said:--
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: as if we didn't see that Christian and Delaney are S. Behrman's
right and left hands. Well, he'll get 'em cut off," he cried
with sudden fierceness, "if he comes too near the machine."
"How is it, Harran," asked Presley as the two young men rode out
of the stable yard, "how is it the Railroad gang can do anything
before the Supreme Court hands down a decision?"
"Well, you know how they talk," growled Harran. "They have
claimed that the cases taken up to the Supreme Court were not
test cases as WE claim they ARE, and that because neither
Annixter nor the Governor appealed, they've lost their cases by
default. It's the rottenest kind of sharp practice, but it won't
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