| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: "But the theatre is what concerns you. It's vaudeville. One turn follows
another--jugglers, acrobats, rubber-jointed wonders, fire-dancers, coon-song
artists, singers, players, female impersonators, sentimental soloists, and so
forth and so forth. These people are professional vaudevillists. They make
their living that way. Many are excellently paid. Some are free rovers, doing
a turn wherever they can get an opening, at the Obermann, the Orpheus, the
Alcatraz, the Louvre, and so forth and so forth. Others cover circuit pretty
well all over the country. An interesting phase of life, and the pay is big
enough to attract many aspirants.
"Now the management of the Loops, in its bid for popularity, instituted what
is called 'Amateur Night'; that is to say, twice a week, after the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Human Drift by Jack London: LORETTA. He says eight, but I can't think of more than five
times.
NED. Yes, go on.
LORETTA. That's all.
NED. [With vast incredulity.] All?
LORETTA. [Puzzled.] All?
NED. [Awkwardly.] I mean . . . er . . . nothing worse?
LORETTA. [Puzzled.] Worse? As though there could be. Billy
said -
NED. [Interrupting.] When?
LORETTA. This afternoon. Just now. Billy said that my . . . our
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy: Scherbakoff. He was prosperous, strong, and vigorous, and was
considered the hardest worker in the whole village. He had three
sons, who supported themselves by their own labor. The eldest
was married, the second about to be married, and the youngest
took care of the horses and occasionally attended to the
plowing.
The peasant's wife, Ivanovna, was intelligent and industrious,
while her daughter-in-law was a simple, quiet soul, but a hard
worker.
There was only one idle person in the household, and that was
Ivan's father, a very old man who for seven years had suffered
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