| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Robert Louis Stevenson: Jenkins had inclined hitherto, as far as I can make out, to the
land service. Stephen's son had been a soldier; William (fourth of
Stowting) had been an officer of the unhappy Braddock's in America,
where, by the way, he owned and afterwards sold an estate on the
James River, called, after the parental seat; of which I should
like well to hear if it still bears the name. It was probably by
the influence of Captain Buckner, already connected with the family
by his first marriage, that Charles Jenkin turned his mind in the
direction of the navy; and it was in Buckner's own ship, the
PROTHEE, 64, that the lad made his only campaign. It was in the
days of Rodney's war, when the PROTHEE, we read, captured two large
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: Lis. The riot of the tipsie Bachanals,
Tearing the Thracian singer, in their rage?
The. That is an old deuice, and it was plaid
When I from Thebes came last a Conqueror
Lis. The thrice three Muses, mourning for the death
of learning, late deceast in beggerie
The. That is some Satire keene and criticall,
Not sorting with a nuptiall ceremonie
Lis. A tedious breefe Scene of yong Piramus,
And his loue Thisby; very tragicall mirth
The. Merry and tragicall? Tedious, and briefe? That
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "You know all there is to know," said the valet, evidently
disappointed that he had nothing to tell which could win the
peddler's gratitude. "There are no secrets about it. Everybody
knows that they were a very happy couple, and even if there was a
little talk between them on that day, why it was pure accident and
had nothing to do with the mistress' excitement."
"Then there was a quarrel between them?"
"Are people talking about it?"
"I've heard some things said. They even say that this quarrel
was the reason for - her death."
"It's stupid nonsense!" exclaimed the servant. The old peddler
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