| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero,
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: nuisance of it, let alone get it done cheaper. If you'll draw up
your contract and bring it in here, I'll sign it. I suppose you'll
break out the rollways?"
"No," said Orde; "we hadn't thought of doing more than the driving
and distributing. You'll have to deliver the logs in the river.
Maybe another year, after we get better organised, we'll be able to
break rollways--at a price per thousand--but until we get a-going
we'll have to rush her through."
Orde repeated this to his associate.
"That was smooth enough sailing," he exulted.
"Yes," pondered Newmark, removing his glasses and tapping his thumb
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: newspaper.
"Well, of course," Mary persisted, "the exasperating thing is
that there's no use trying, since one can't be sure till so long
afterward."
He was unfolding the paper as if he had hardly heard her; but
after a pause, during which the sheets rustled spasmodically
between his hands, he lifted his head to say abruptly, "Have you
any idea HOW LONG?"
Mary had sunk into a low chair beside the fireplace. From her
seat she looked up, startled, at her husband's profile, which was
darkly projected against the circle of lamplight.
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