| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: Mitchell."
"Gee, Kid, you're a wonder!" he exclaimed
admiringly. "Couldn't get along without you, now could
I?"
"I hope not, sir!"
"You bet I couldn't! We'll start right away. The
roads will give us a jolt----"
He turned suddenly to go.
"Wait--wait a minute, dear," she pleaded. "You
haven't seen this gorgeous view to the southwest, with
Mount Pisgah looming in the center like some vast
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Crito by Plato: But he who has experience of the manner in which we order justice and
administer the state, and still remains, has entered into an implied
contract that he will do as we command him. And he who disobeys us is, as
we maintain, thrice wrong: first, because in disobeying us he is
disobeying his parents; secondly, because we are the authors of his
education; thirdly, because he has made an agreement with us that he will
duly obey our commands; and he neither obeys them nor convinces us that our
commands are unjust; and we do not rudely impose them, but give him the
alternative of obeying or convincing us;--that is what we offer, and he
does neither.
'These are the sort of accusations to which, as we were saying, you,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: bime-by, when he no see, one-piecee Kai-gingh he come up behin',
shoot um Charlie in side--savvy?"
"Did he kill him? Is he dead?"
"No, I tinkum die plenty soon; him no savvy nuttin' now, him all-
same sleep. Plenty soon bime-by him sleep for good, I tink."
There was little blood to be seen when Wilbur gently unwrapped the
torn sleeve of a blouse that had been used as a bandage. Just
under the armpit was the mark of the bullet--a small puncture
already closed, half hidden under a clot or two of blood. The
coolie lay quite unconscious, his eyes wide open, drawing a faint,
quick breath at irregular intervals.
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