| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: of Mitri's trouble. After greeting him, he gave
him his place to feed the machine.
Mitri took off his ragged coat, laid it out of the
way near the fence, and then began to work vig-
orously, raking the corn together and throwing
it into the machine. The work went on without
interruption until the dinner-hour. The cocks
had crowed two or three times, but no one paid
any attention to them; not because the workers
did not believe them, but because they were
scarcely heard for the noise of the work and the
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: horses, in the first few days, and some more in the next few and
the next few and the next few, and now I know more soldiers and
horses than you can think, no matter how hard you try. I am
keeping up my studies every now and then, but there isn't much time
for it. I love you so! and I send you a hug and a kiss.
CATHY.
P.S. - I belong to the Seventh Cavalry and Ninth Dragoons, I am an
officer, too, and do not have to work on account of not getting any
wages.
CHAPTER V - GENERAL ALISON TO MERCEDES
She has been with us a good nice long time, now. You are troubled
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: business of those praus the man you sent off that night in
Carimata to stop our chief officer came sailing in from the west
with our first gig in tow and the boat's crew all well. Your
serang tells me he is a most trustworthy messenger and that his
name is Jaffir. He seems only too anxious to try to get to you as
soon as possible. I repeat, ships and men have been made safe and
I don't mean to give you up dead or alive.
"You are quick in taking the point," said Lingard in a dull
voice, while Mrs. Travers, with the sheet of paper gripped in her
hand, looked into his face with anxious eyes. "He has been smart
and no mistake."
The Rescue |
