| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: nothing so respectable as the spirit which rises above
misfortune, and prefers honourable privations to debt or
dependence."
Whether from fear of offending the delicacy or awakening the
pride of the Master, the Lord Keeper made these allusions with an
appearance of fearful and hesitating reserve, and seemed to be
afraid that he was intruding too far, in venturing to touch,
however lightly, upon such a topic, even when the Master had led
to it. In short, he appeared at once pushed on by his desire of
appearing friendly, and held back by the fear of intrusion. It
was no wonder that the Master of Ravenswood, little acquainted as
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: it they'd raise up and laugh at him. But it warn't so
this time. It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I
clumb in and paddled her ashore. Thinks I, the old
man will be glad when he sees this -- she's worth ten
dollars. But when I got to shore pap wasn't in sight
yet, and as I was running her into a little creek like a
gully, all hung over with vines and willows, I struck
another idea: I judged I'd hide her good, and then,
'stead of taking to the woods when I run off, I'd go
down the river about fifty mile and camp in one place
for good, and not have such a rough time tramping on
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lock and Key Library by Julian Hawthorne, Ed.: Meantime the marriage between Margaret Liebenheim and Maximilian
was understood to be drawing near. Yet one thing struck everybody
with astonishment. As far as the young people were concerned,
nobody could doubt that all was arranged; for never was happiness
more perfect than that which seemed to unite them. Margaret was
the impersonation of May-time and youthful rapture; even Maximilian
in her presence seemed to forget his gloom, and the worm which
gnawed at his heart was charmed asleep by the music of her voice,
and the paradise of her smiles. But, until the autumn came,
Margaret's grandfather had never ceased to frown upon this
connection, and to support the pretensions of Ferdinand. The
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