| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: "With pleasure, my lord," answered Sir Dugald.--"I will be your
confessor, or assessor--either or both. No one can be so fit,
for I had heard the whole story a month ago at Inverary castle
--but onslaughts like that of Ardenvohr confuse each other in my
memory, which is besides occupied with matters of more
importance."
Upon hearing this frank declaration, which was made as they left
the apartment with the wounded man, Lord Menteith darted upon
Dalgetty a look of extreme anger and disdain, to which the self-
conceit of the worthy commander rendered him totally insensible.
CHAPTER XXII.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: inventory of its contents: three kegs, a tin biscuit-box, an iron
saucepan, several cocoa-shell cups, a lantern, and three bottles,
probably containing oil; while the clothes of the family and a few
mats were thrown across the open rafters. Upon my first meeting
with this exile he had conceived for me one of the baseless island
friendships, had given me nuts to drink, and carried me up the den
'to see my house' - the only entertainment that he had to offer.
He liked the 'Amelican,' he said, and the 'Inglisman,' but the
'Flessman' was his abhorrence; and he was careful to explain that
if he had thought us 'Fless,' we should have had none of his nuts,
and never a sight of his house. His distaste for the French I can
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Phaedrus by Plato: rather swear'--but what god will be witness of my oath?--'By this plane-
tree I swear, that unless you repeat the discourse here in the face of this
very plane-tree, I will never tell you another; never let you have word of
another!'
SOCRATES: Villain! I am conquered; the poor lover of discourse has no
more to say.
PHAEDRUS: Then why are you still at your tricks?
SOCRATES: I am not going to play tricks now that you have taken the oath,
for I cannot allow myself to be starved.
PHAEDRUS: Proceed.
SOCRATES: Shall I tell you what I will do?
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