| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: time of the last tack the "Bertha Millner" heeled to a great gust
that had come booming in between the heads, straight from the open
Pacific.
"Stand by for stays."
As before, one of the Chinese hands stood by the sail rope of the
jib.
"Draw y'r jib."
The jib filled. The schooner came about on the port tack; Lime
Point fell away over the stern rail. The huge ground swells began
to come in, and as she rose and bowed to the first of these it was
precisely as though the "Bertha Millner" were making her courtesy
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: was softly murmuring over the number of her stitches.
Neither lady appeared to notice his pleasantries, and he
continued, addressing himself to Wyant: "They all come--they all
come; but many are called and few are chosen." His voice sank to
solemnity. "While I live," he said, "no unworthy eye shall
desecrate that picture. But I will not do my friend Clyde the
injustice to suppose that he would send an unworthy
representative. He tells me he wishes a description of the
picture for his book; and you shall describe it to him--if you
can."
Wyant hesitated, not knowing whether it was a propitious moment
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad: insult him every night."
"If he will insist on beginning a revolution!" murmured the
Assistant Commissioner.
"The time has come, and he is the only man great enough for the
work," protested the revolutionary Toodles, flaring up under the
calm, speculative gaze of the Assistant Commissioner. Somewhere in
a corridor a distant bell tinkled urgently, and with devoted
vigilance the young man pricked up his ears at the sound. "He's
ready to go now," he exclaimed in a whisper, snatched up his hat,
and vanished from the room.
The Assistant Commissioner went out by another door in a less
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