| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells: was bright-red with exertion, his long flaxen hair blown about
his head, and his dropping nether lip showed his irregular teeth.
Moreau was just coming up, his face pale and firm, and the dog at his
hand barked at me. Both men had heavy whips. Farther up the beach
stared the Beast Men.
"What am I doing? I am going to drown myself," said I.
Montgomery and Moreau looked at each other. "Why?" asked Moreau.
"Because that is better than being tortured by you."
"I told you so," said Montgomery, and Moreau said something
in a low tone.
"What makes you think I shall torture you?" asked Moreau.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: humour; and his pages afford what is much better: to wit, a
good picture of student life as it then was. The students of
those polite days insisted on retaining their hats in the
class-room. There was a cab-stance in front of the College;
and 'Carriage Entrance' was posted above the main arch, on
what the writer pleases to call 'coarse, unclassic boards.'
The benches of the 'Speculative' then, as now, were red; but
all other Societies (the 'Dialectic' is the only survivor)
met downstairs, in some rooms of which it is pointedly said
that 'nothing else could conveniently be made of them.'
However horrible these dungeons may have been, it is certain
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Prince Otto by Robert Louis Stevenson: 'Your Highness may reasonably be surprised,' he said; 'and Herr
Grafinski, although I am convinced he is clear of the intention of
offending, would have perhaps done better to begin with an
explanation. The resources of the state are at the present moment
entirely swallowed up, or, as we hope to prove, wisely invested. In
a month from now, I do not question we shall be able to meet any
command your Highness may lay upon us; but at this hour I fear that,
even in so small a matter, he must prepare himself for
disappointment. Our zeal is no less, although our power may be
inadequate.'
'How much, Herr Grafinski, have we in the treasury?' asked Otto.
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