The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: have that flannel singlet made?"
"Not yet," he smiled.
"Then, why didn't you?" she cried.
"It'll come," he smiled.
"Ah, an' Doomsday!" exclaimed Barker.
Barker and Morel were both impatient of Wesson. But, then,
they were both as hard as nails, physically.
When Morel was nearly ready he pushed the bag of money to Paul.
"Count it, boy," he asked humbly.
Paul impatiently turned from his books and pencil, tipped the bag
upside down on the table. There was a five-pound bag of silver,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: of such an individual as the cottagers described him. I had early
formed my opinion of him; and, in spite of Miss Murray's
objurgations: was fully convinced that he was a man of strong
sense, firm faith, and ardent piety, but thoughtful and stern: and
when I found that, to his other good qualities, was added that of
true benevolence and gentle, considerate kindness, the discovery,
perhaps, delighted me the more, as I had not been prepared to
expect it.
CHAPTER XII - THE SHOWER
THE next visit I paid to Nancy Brown was in the second week in
March: for, though I had many spare minutes during the day, I
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: he had never re-loaded he had thrown out the two cartridges which
he had discharged in the glen.
"By Jingo," he said, "you must have shot it, though I could have
sworn that it was I. Quatermain, has it ever struck you what a
strange thing is the human imagination?"
"Drat the human imagination," I answered, wiping away the blood
that was trickling into my eye from a thorn scratch. "Let's look
at your horse. If it is lamed you will have to ride Imagination
back to the wagon which must be six miles away, that is if we can
find it before dark."
Sighing out something about a painfully practical mind, he
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