| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: let the oppressed go free."
And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion. . .
let both sides join in creating not a new balance of power. . .
but a new world of law. . .where the strong are just. . .
and the weak secure. . .and the peace preserved. . . .
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.
Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days. . .
nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps
in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
In your hands, my fellow citizens. . .more than mine. . .will rest the
final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: that either of them dared to speak. Or perhaps, could speak. Even
then she kept hold of him.
"Dick!" she said. "Dick!"
And that, over and over.
"How is he?" he was able to ask finally.
"He has been very ill. I began to think - Dick, I'm afraid to tell
him. I'm afraid he'll die of joy."
He winced at that. There could not be much joy in the farewell that
was coming. Winced, and almost staggered. He had walked all the
way from the city, and he had had no food that day.
"We'll have to break it to him very gently," he said. "And he
The Breaking Point |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: then her eye caught a glimpse of Susan's kitchen
apron tucked under a sofa pillow, and of layers of
dust on the table, and she felt relieved. After all,
what she had done had not completely changed the
sisters, whom she loved, faults and all. Annie
realized how horrible it would have been to find her
loved ones completely changed, even for the better.
They would have seemed like strange, aloof angels
to her.
They all welcomed her with a slight stiffness, yet
with cordiality. Then Silas made a little speech.
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