| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: I'll ce'tainly pine for you," the foreman suggested, with
sarcasm, when the old man rolled up in his blankets preparatory
to falling asleep immediately.
Chalkeye's successor was a blatant youth much impressed with his
own importance. He was both foul-mouthed and foul-minded, so that
Jim was constrained to interrupt his evil boastings by pretending
to fall asleep.
It was nearly two o'clock when the foreman aroused his friend to
take his turn. Shortly after this the lad Hughie relieved the
bragging, would-be bad man.
Hughie was a flaxen-haired, rather good-looking boy of nineteen.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On Revenues by Xenophon: to say whether there is more ore in the regions already cut into, or
in those where the pick has not yet struck.[33] Well then, it may be
asked, why is it that there is not the same rush to make new cuttings
now as in former times? The answer is, because the people concerned
with the mines are poorer nowadays. The attempt to restart operations,
renew plant, etc., is of recent date, and any one who ventures to open
up a new area runs a considerable risk. Supposing he hits upon a
productive field, he becomes a rich man, but supposing he draws a
blank, he loses the whole of his outlay; and that is a danger which
people of the present time are shy of facing.
[28] Or, "a very much larger sum than we have calculated on." Lit.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from American Notes by Rudyard Kipling: horses. I'm telling you. Well, she didn't want me in the house
at all, and between her sobs fairly waved me away. I had half
the tributes described, though, and the balance I did partly on
the steps when the stiff 'un came out, and partly in the church.
The preacher gave the sermon. That wasn't my assignment. I
skipped about among the floral tributes while he was talking. I
could have made no excuse if I had gone back to the office and
said that a pretty girl's sobs had stopped me obeying orders. I
had to do it. What do you think of it all?
I (slowly)--Do you want to know?
HE (with his note-book ready)--Of course. How do you regard it?
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