| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: secret (or supposed themselves to be so) were whispering information -
the rest questions; and the minister himself seemed quite
discountenanced by the flutter in the church and sudden stir and
whispering. His voice changed, he plainly faltered, nor did he again
recover the easy conviction and full tones of his delivery. It would
be a puzzle to him till his dying day, why a sermon that had gone with
triumph through four parts, should this miscarry in the fifth.
As for me, I continued to sit there, very wet and weary, and a good
deal anxious as to what should happen next, but greatly exulting in my
success.
CHAPTER XVII - THE MEMORIAL
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: June
June is here, the month of roses, month of brides and month of bees,
Weaving garlands for our lassies, whispering love songs in the trees,
Painting scenes of gorgeous splendor, canvases no man could brush,
Changing scenes from early morning till the sunset's crimson flush.
June is here, the month of blossoms, month of roses white and red,
Wet with dew and perfume-laden, nodding wheresoe'er we tread;
Come the bees to gather honey, all the lazy afternoon;
Flowers and lassies, men and meadows, love alike the month of June.
Month of love and month of sunshine, month of happiness and song,
Month that cheers the sad wayfarer as he plods the road along;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: "I can't say that Davidson occupied a very prominent place. Moral
excellence seldom does. He was quietly appreciated by those who
knew him well; but his more obvious distinction consisted in this,
that he was married. Ours, as you remember, was a bachelor crowd;
in spirit anyhow, if not absolutely in fact. There might have been
a few wives in existence, but if so they were invisible, distant,
never alluded to. For what would have been the good? Davidson
alone was visibly married.
"Being married suited him exactly. It fitted him so well that the
wildest of us did not resent the fact when it was disclosed.
Directly he had felt his feet out here, Davidson sent for his wife.
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