| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Astoria by Washington Irving: voyageur, Carriere. He had been seen late in the preceding
afternoon, riding behind a Snake Indian, near some lodges of that
nation, a few miles distant from the last night's encampment; and
it was expected that he would soon make his appearance. The first
object of Mr. Hunt was to obtain provisions for his men. A little
venison, of an indifferent quality, and some roots were all that
could be procured that evening; but the next day he succeeded in
purchasing a mare and colt, which were immediately killed, and
the cravings of the half-starved people in some degree appeased.
For several days they remained in the neighborhood of these
Indians, reposing after all their hardships, and feasting upon
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: "I am offered a position in a -- in a tea store,"
said Mr. Peters. "I am to begin work to-morrow.
But it will be necessary for me to buy a pair of --"
"You are a liar," said Mrs. Peters, reinterring
the note. "No tea store, nor no A B C store, nor
no junk shop would have you. I rubbed the skin off
both me hands washin' jumpers and overalls to make
that dollar. Do you think it come out of them suds
to buy the kind you put into you? Skiddoo! Get
your mind off of money."
Evidently the poses of Talleyrand were not worth
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: Reform. In 1559 the stormy administration of Margaret began in
the Netherlands. In 1560 the Scotch nobles achieved the
destruction of Catholicism in North Britain. By this time every
nation except France, had taken sides in the conflict which was
to last, with hardly any cessation, during two generations.
Mr. Motley, therefore, in describing the rise and progress of the
united republic of the Netherlands, is writing not Dutch but
European history. On his pages France, Spain, and England make
almost as large a figure as Holland itself. He is writing the
history of the Reformation during its concluding epoch, and he
chooses the Netherlands as his main subject, because during that
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