| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: for aid in my extremity, and gave me this flower as a token. Ere
it faded away entirely, I would need, he said, his assistance:
is it possible his words can have been aught but the ravings of
insanity?"
"Doubt it not fear it not--but above all," said Ratcliffe, "let
us lose no time--are you at liberty, and unwatched?"
"I believe so," said Isabella: "but what would you have me to
do?"
"Leave the castle instantly," said Ratcliffe, "and throw yourself
at the feet of this extraordinary man, who in circumstances that
seem to argue the extremity of the most contemptible poverty,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: We've got to know the winter and we've got to know the spring,
But for children, could I do it, unto summer I would cling;
For I'm happiest when I see 'em, as a wild and merry band
Of healthy, lusty youngsters that the summer sun has tanned.
October
Days are gettin' shorter an' the air a keener snap;
Apples now are droppin' into Mother Nature's lap;
The mist at dusk is risin' over valley, marsh an' fen
An' it's just as plain as sunshine, winter's comin' on again.
The turkeys now are struttin' round the old farmhouse once more;
They are done with all their nestin', and their hatchin' days are o'er;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: will be a better son to you than I have been. And you and I must
never leave each other . . . but, mother . . . I can't help it . .
. you must become my father's wife. You must marry him. It is
your duty.
HESTER. [Running forwards and embracing MRS. ARBUTHNOT.] No, no;
you shall not. That would be real dishonour, the first you have
ever known. That would be real disgrace: the first to touch you.
Leave him and come with me. There are other countries than England
. . . Oh! other countries over sea, better, wiser, and less unjust
lands. The world is very wide and very big.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT. No, not for me. For me the world is shrivelled to
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