| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: reasonable than any other. Now let us go on. Were you
never here before, madam?"
"Never, sir."
"Indeed! Have you yet honoured the Upper Rooms?"
"Yes, sir, I was there last Monday."
"Have you been to the theatre?"
"Yes, sir, I was at the play on Tuesday."
"To the concert?"
"Yes, sir, on Wednesday."
"And are you altogether pleased with Bath?"
"Yes--I like it very well."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: spontaneity. "You know yourself how impossible the situation is."
"I know nothing of the sort, sir. And if it is impossible, well,
haven't I achieved it?"
"But it cannot continue. Really--"
"Oh, yes, it can. Having achieved it, I can go on achieving it. I
intend to remain in the Solomons, but not on Berande. To-morrow I
am going to take the whale-boat over to Pari-Sulay. I was talking
with Captain Young about it. He says there are at least four
hundred acres, and every foot of it good for planting. Being an
island, he says I won't have to bother about wild pigs destroying
the young trees. All I'll have to do is to keep the weeds hoed
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the dead soldier's gun and walked boldly through the wood
to the south. Momentarily he expected to run upon other
soldiers, but though he kept straight on his way for hours
he encountered none. The thin line of sentries along the
river had been posted only to double the preventive measures
that had been taken to keep Serbian spies either from enter-
ing or leaving the city.
Toward dawn, at the darkest period of the night, Barney
saw lights ahead of him. Apparently he was approaching a
village. He went more cautiously now, but all his care did
not prevent him from running for the second time that night
The Mad King |
