| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: "Oh! he must and shall come back," cried Sir John.
"If he is not here by the end of the week, I shall go
after him."
"Ay, so do, Sir John," cried Mrs. Jennings, "and then
perhaps you may find out what his business is."
"I do not want to pry into other men's concerns.
I suppose it is something he is ashamed of."
Colonel Brandon's horses were announced.
"You do not go to town on horseback, do you?"
added Sir John.
"No. Only to Honiton. I shall then go post."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: having done so, the censure will deservedly fall, if at all due,
upon the memory of Mr. Peter Pattieson; whereas I must be justly
entitled to the praise, when any is due, seeing that, as the Dean
of St. Patrick's wittily and logically expresseth it,
That without which a thing is not,
Is CAUSA SINE QUA NON.
The work, therefore, is unto me as a child is to a parent; in the
which child, if it proveth worthy, the parent hath honour and
praise; but, if otherwise, the disgrace will deservedly attach to
itself alone.
I have only further to intimate, that Mr. Peter Pattieson, in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: upon my mustangs. When I had tried for I do not know how long to get my
pack to stay on the pony's back I saw where Mr. Cless had played a joke on
me. All memory of the diamond-hitch had faded into utter confusion. First
the pack fell over the off-side; next, on top of me; then the saddle
slipped awry, and when I did get the pack to remain stationary upon the
patient pony, how on earth to tie it there became more and more of a
mystery. Finally, in sheer desperation, I ran round the pony, pulled,
tugged, and knotted the lasso; more by luck than through sense I had
accomplished something in the nature of the diamond-hitch.
I headed Hal up the gentle forest slope, and began the day's journey
wherever chance might lead me. As confidence came, my enjoyment increased.
The Young Forester |
