| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: They're good boys." And he smiled a very little.
Contentment increased in the Judge's face. "Trampas a good boy
too?"
But this time the Bengal tiger did not smile. He sat with his eye
fastened on his employer.
The Judge passed rather quickly on to his next point. "You've
brought them all back, though, I understand, safe and sound,
without a scratch?"
The Virginian looked down at his hat, then up again at the Judge,
mildly. "I had to part with my cook."
There was no use; Ogden and myself exploded. Even upon the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring
those problems which divide us. Let both sides, for the first time,
formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and
control of arms. . .and bring the absolute power to destroy
other nations under the absolute control of all nations.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead
of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the
deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage
the arts and commerce. Let both sides unite to heed in all corners
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: coherent. See here, Pitman: follow me one half minute. I mean to
profit by the refreshing fact that we are really and truly
innocent; nothing but the presence of the--you know
what--connects us with the crime; once let us get rid of it, no
matter how, and there is no possible clue to trace us by. Well, I
give you my piano; we'll bring it round this very night. Tomorrow
we rip the fittings out, deposit the--our friend--inside, plump
the whole on a cart, and carry it to the chambers of a young
gentleman whom I know by sight.'
'Whom do you know by sight?' repeated Pitman.
'And what is more to the purpose,' continued Michael, 'whose
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