| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from My Aunt Margaret's Mirror by Walter Scott: 'moods of my own mind,' are worth all the rest of my more active
days. Then, instead of looking forwards, as I did in youth, and
forming for myself fairy palaces, upon the verge of the grave I
turn my eyes backward upon the days and manners of my better
time; and the sad, yet soothing recollections come so close and
interesting, that I almost think it sacrilege to be wiser or more
rational or less prejudiced than those to whom I looked up in my
younger years."
"I think I now understand what you mean," I answered, "and can
comprehend why you should occasionally prefer the twilight of
illusion to the steady light of reason."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: foundation was deepened, the rock was found to be much more
hard and difficult to work, while the baling and pumping of
water became much more troublesome. A joiner was kept almost
constantly employed in fitting the picks to their handles,
which, as well as the points to the irons, were very
frequently broken.
The Bell Rock this morning presented by far the most busy
and active appearance it had exhibited since the erection of
the principal beams of the beacon. The surface of the rock
was crowded with men, the two forges flaming, the one above
the other, upon the beacon, while the anvils thundered with
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: him back with a hearty welcome, for Jo loved her babies tenderly.
At four o'clock a lull took place, and baskets remained
empty, while the apple pickers rested and compared rents and
bruises. Then Jo and Meg, with a detachment of the bigger boys,
set forth the supper on the grass, for an out-of-door tea was
always the crowning joy of the day. The land literally flowed
with milk and honey on such occasions, for the lads were not
required to sit at table, but allowed to partake of refreshment
as they liked--freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish
soul. They availed themselves of the rare privilege to the
fullest extent, for some tried the pleasing experiment of drinking
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