| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: tail of the grice,' might get out of the country the pay whilk he
could not obtain from the Emperor."
"With a full hand, sir, doubtless, and with interest," said Lord
Menteith.
"Indubitably, my lord," answered Dalgetty, composedly; "for it
would be doubly disgraceful for any soldado of rank to have his
name called in question for any petty delinquency."
"And pray, Sir," continued Lord Menteith, "what made you leave so
gainful a service?"
"Why, truly, sir," answered the soldier, "an Irish cavalier,
called O'Quilligan, being major of our regiment, and I having had
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells: feminine sex as something to bow to and smirk at from a safe
distance. Years of the intimate remoteness of a counter leave
their mark upon a man. It was an adventure for him to take one of
the Young Ladies of the establishment to church on a Sunday. Few
modern young men could have merited less the epithet "Dorg." But
I have thought at times that his machine may have had something
of the blade in its metal. Decidedly it was a machine with a
past. Mr. Hoopdriver had bought it second-hand from Hare's in
Putney, and Hare said it had had several owners. Second-hand was
scarcely the word for it, and Elare was mildly puzzled that he
should be selling such an antiquity. He said it was perfectly
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: the inn at which he had halted.
As for his horse, he did not even think of exchanging
him for another animal. He had become accustomed to
this brave creature. He knew to what extent he could
rely upon him. In buying him at Omsk he had been lucky,
and in taking him to the postmaster the generous mujik
had rendered him a great service. Besides, if Michael
Strogoff had already become attached to his horse, the horse
himself seemed to become inured, by degrees, to the fatigue
of such a journey, and provided that he got several hours
of repose daily, his rider might hope that he would carry
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