| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: replied, and prompted by her curiosity added: "What made you think
him ill?"
"I stopped at Dr. Stone's office on the way down town, and his boy
told me the doctor had been sent for by Colonel McIntyre," Clymer
explained. "I hope neither of the twins is ill."
"No. Colonel McIntyre sent for Dr. Stone to attend Grimes -"
"The butler! Too bad he is ill; Grimes is an institution in the
McIntyre household." Clymer spoke with sincere regret, and Mrs.
Brewster eyed him approvingly; she liked good-looking men of his
stamp. "Come in, McDonald," as the bank teller appeared. "You
know Mrs. Brewster?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: according to the size of the loudness with which he has been called by
his congregation. And, sir, for three months he don't have to think
about business except to hunt around in Deuteronomy and Proverbs and
Timothy to find texts to cover and exculpate such little midsummer
penances as dropping a couple of looey door on rouge or teaching a
Presbyterian widow to swim.
"But I was going to tell you about mine and Andy's summer vacation
that wasn't one.
"We was tired of finance and all the branches of unsanctified
ingenuity. Even Andy, whose brain rarely ever stopped working, began
to make noises like a tennis cabinet.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Letters from England by Elizabeth Davis Bancroft: cannot judge of the state of France, however, through the medium of
the English newspapers, for, of course, English sympathies are all
entirely against it. They never like France, and a republic of any
kind still less. A peaceful and prosperous republic in the heart of
Europe would be more deprecated than a state of anarchy. The
discussion of French matters reveals to me every moment the deep
repugnance of the English to republican institutions. It lets in a
world of light upon opinions and feelings, which, otherwise, would
not have been discovered by me.
Sunday, March 19th
Yesterday we breakfasted at Mrs. Milman's. I was the only lady, but
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