| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: matter of more royalties or less and whether the Dass-Tata
company might not bar the Holsten-Roberts' methods of utilising
the new power. The Dass-Tata people were indeed making a
strenuous attempt to secure a world monopoly in atomic
engineering. The judge, after the manner of those times, sat
raised above the court, wearing a preposterous gown and a foolish
huge wig, the counsel also wore dirty-looking little wigs and
queer black gowns over their usual costume, wigs and gowns that
were held to be necessary to their pleading, and upon unclean
wooden benches stirred and whispered artful-looking solicitors,
busily scribbling reporters, the parties to the case, expert
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: Lord can give her; if only the baby doesn't have convulsions. As for a
husband, it's very much the same who one has. Some men are fat, and some
men are thin; some men drink brandy, and some men drink gin; but it all
comes to the same thing in the end; it's all one. A man's a man, you
know."
Here they came upon Gregory, who was sitting in the shade before the house.
Tant Sannie shook hands with him.
"I'm glad you're going to get married," she said. "I hope you'll have as
many children in five years as a cow has calves, and more too. I think
I'll just go and have a look at your soap-pot before I start," she said,
turning to Em. "Not that I believe in this new plan of putting soda in the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: "You aren't thinking of going out, are you?" she asked Carroll.
"I told you, mother; don't you remember? Mr. Orde and I are going
to get a little air in the park."
"I'm sorry," said Mrs. Bishop, with great brevity and decision, "but
I'm going to the rectory to help Mr. Merritt, and I shall want you
to go too, to see about the silver."
"But, mother," expostulated Carroll, "wouldn't Marie do just as
well?"
"You know very well she can't be trusted without direction."
"I DO so want to go to the park," said Carroll wistfully. Mrs.
Bishop's thin, nervous figure jerked spasmodically. "There is very
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