| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: of indistinct muttering sound. This so much resembled his idea
of the motions of an apparition, that Hobbie Elliot, making a
dead pause, while his hair erected itself upon his scalp,
whispered to his companion, "It's Auld Ailie hersell! Shall I
gie her a shot, in the name of God?"
"For Heaven's sake, no," said his companion, holding down the
weapon which he was about to raise to the aim--"for Heaven's
sake, no; it's some poor distracted creature."
"Ye're distracted yoursell, for thinking of going so near to
her," said Elliot, holding his companion in his turn, as he
prepared to advance. "We'll aye hae time to pit ower a bit
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain: according to all these five hundred thousand different ways? If I tried
to carry all that cargo in my head it would make me stoop-shouldered.'
'NO! you only learn THE shape of the river, and you learn it with such
absolute certainty that you can always steer by the shape that's IN YOUR HEAD,
and never mind the one that's before your eyes.'
'Very well, I'll try it; but after I have learned it can I depend on it.
Will it keep the same form and not go fooling around?'
Before Mr. Bixby could answer, Mr. W---- came in to take the watch,
and he said--
'Bixby, you'll have to look out for President's Island and all
that country clear away up above the Old Hen and Chickens.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: I think you are about the only one that ever
helped me. Somehow it will take more courage
to bear your going than everything that has
happened before."
Carl looked at the ground. "You see, we've
all depended so on you," he said, "even father.
He makes me laugh. When anything comes up
he always says, 'I wonder what the Bergsons are
going to do about that? I guess I'll go and ask
her.' I'll never forget that time, when we first
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