| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: the confessional in some perturbation of spirit. He
walked slowly, hoping that the long, cool church,
its narrow high windows admitting so scant a meed
of sunlight that no one of its worshippers had ever
read the legends on the walls, and even the stations
were but deeper bits of shade, would attune her
mind to holy things, and throw a mantle of un-
reality over those of the world.
He covered his face with his hand as she told her
story. This she did in a few words, disjointed, for
she was both tired and seething. For a few mo-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Aspern Papers by Henry James: I hastened to reply. The old lady's voice was very thin and weak, but it
had an agreeable, cultivated murmur, and there was wonder in the thought
that that individual note had been in Jeffrey Aspern's ear.
"Please to sit down there. I hear very well,"
she said quietly, as if perhaps I had been shouting at her;
and the chair she pointed to was at a certain distance.
I took possession of it, telling her that I was perfectly
aware that I had intruded, that I had not been properly
introduced and could only throw myself upon her indulgence.
Perhaps the other lady, the one I had had the honor of seeing
the day before, would have explained to her about the garden.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: composed of layers of large stones and turf; and some of the
corner stones were so weighty, as to puzzle the spectators how
such a person as the architect could possibly have raised them.
In fact, David received from passengers, or those who came
attracted by curiosity, a good deal of assistance; and as no one
knew how much aid had been given by others, the wonder of each
individual remained undiminished.
The proprietor of the ground, the late Sir James Naesmith,
baronet, chanced to pass this singular dwelling, which, having
been placed there without right or leave asked or given, formed
an exact parallel with Falstaff's simile of a "fair house built
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