| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: the cliff from turning). "Yu' must not squander your pity."
"Do not squander your strength," said she.
"Oh, I could put up a pretty good fight now!" But he tottered in
showing her how strong he was, and she told him that, after all,
he was a child still.
"Yes," he slowly said, looking after her as she went to bring his
horse, "the same child that wanted to touch the moon, I guess."
And during the slow climb down into the saddle from a rock to
which she helped him he said, "You have got to be the man all
through this mess."
She saw his teeth clinched and his drooping muscles compelled by
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Father Damien by Robert Louis Stevenson: for instance, of whose faithful work we hear too little: there have
been many since; and some had more worldly wisdom, though none had
more devotion, than our saint. Before his day, even you will
confess, they had effected little. It was his part, by one
striking act of martyrdom, to direct all men's eyes on that
distressful country. At a blow, and with the price of his life, he
made the place illustrious and public. And that, if you will
consider largely, was the one reform needful; pregnant of all that
should succeed. It brought money; it brought (best individual
addition of them all) the sisters; it brought supervision, for
public opinion and public interest landed with the man at Kalawao.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: of 200,000 francs; but since then I have not heard it
mentioned."
"It is one of the best houses in Europe," said Danglars,
carelessly throwing down the receipt on his desk.
"And he had five millions in your hands alone! Why, this
Count of Monte Cristo must be a nabob?"
"Indeed I do not know what he is; he has three unlimited
credits -- one on me, one on Rothschild, one on Lafitte;
and, you see," he added carelessly, "he has given me the
preference, by leaving a balance of 100,000 francs." M. de
Boville manifested signs of extraordinary admiration. "I
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