| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: or is it after the Viking in Matthew Arnold's poem?"
"It was his father's choice," Lady Plowden made answer.
"I think the Viking explanation is the right one--it
certainly isn't in either family. I can't say that it
attracted me much--at first, you know."
"Oh, but it fits him so splendidly," said Lady Cressage.
"He looks the part, as they say. I always thought it
was the best of all the soldier names--and you have only
to look at him to see that he was predestined for a soldier
from his cradle."
"I wish the Sandhurst people would have a good long
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: "It is quite evident," I urged, "that the two letters are by the same
hand."
"It seems so."
"You see what threats are made against me, to protect the Great
Eyrie."
"Yes, the threat of death! But Strock, you have had this letter for a
month. Why have you not shown it to me before?"
"Because I attached no importance to it. Today, after the letter from
the 'Terror,' it must be taken seriously."
"I agree with you. It appears to me most important. I even hope it
may prove the means of tracking this strange personage."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain: It may be that CARRIAGE is at the bottom of this thing;
and I think it is; for there are plenty of ladies and gentlemen
in the provincial cities whose garments are all made by the best
tailors and dressmakers of New York; yet this has no perceptible
effect upon the grand fact: the educated eye never mistakes
those people for New-Yorkers. No, there is a godless grace,
and snap, and style about a born and bred New-Yorker which mere
clothing cannot effect.
'APRIL 19. This morning, struck into the region of full goatees--sometimes
accompanied by a mustache, but only occasionally.'
It was odd to come upon this thick crop of an obsolete and
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