| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: is cheap about here." Then after studying a little, he added
apologetically, "You mustn't think me strange, but the fact is my
daughter hates things to be killed near the house, which is why
there's so much game about."
"Then pray make her our apologies," said Anscombe, "and say that
it shall not happen again."
He stroked his long beard and looked at us, for by now he had
dismounted, then said--
"Might I ask you gentlemen your names?"
"Certainly," I replied. "I am Allan Quatermain and my friend is
the Hon. Maurice Anscombe."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: It is our delaying it that encourages her to hope for conquest, and our
backwardness tends only to prolong the war. As we have, without any good
effect therefrom, withheld our trade to obtain a redress of our grievances,
let us now try the alternative, by independantly redressing them ourselves,
and then offering to open the trade. The mercantile and reasonable part
in England, will be still with us; because, peace with trade, is preferable
to war without it. And if this offer be not accepted, other courts
may be applied to.
On these grounds I rest the matter. And as no offer hath
yet been made to refute the doctrine contained in the former
editions of this pamphlet, it is a negative proof, that either
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: lady, gravely. "I know that. I believe that. I feel it,
somehow. It is because I do feel it that I tell you----" She
paused, as if, after all, she lacked the courage. Cleggett said
nothing. He was too fine in grain to force a confidence. After a
moment she continued: "I can tell you this," she said, with a
catch in her voice that was almost a sob, "that I am practically
friendless. When you call a taxicab for me in a few moments, and
I leave you, with Elmer and my boxes, I shall have no place to
go."
"But, surely, madam----"
"Do not call me madam. Call me Lady Agatha. I am Lady Agatha
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