| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: the coarse flannel shirt open at the throat; the belt with its
sheath-knife; her arms big and white and tattooed in sailor
fashion; her thick, muscular neck; her red face, with its pale
blue eyes and almost massive jaw; and her hair, her heavy, yellow,
fragrant hair, that lay over her shoulder and breast, coiling and
looping in her lap.
"No," he said, with a long breath, "I don't make it out. I knew
you were out of my experience, but I begin to think now that you
are out of even my imagination. You are right, you SHOULD keep to
yourself. You should be alone--your mate isn't made yet. You are
splendid just as you are," while under his breath he added, his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: in such Manner as they shall by law Direct. The number of
Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand,
but each State shall have at least one Representative;
and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire
shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six,
New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six,
Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive
Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: work to do, but I keep well. Forget thy disappointment so far
as _I_ am concerned, for I never expected any thing; I don't know
why, but I never did."
Here was a disappointment, at least, to begin with. I made a note
of it opposite the date, on my blank programme, and took up the
next letter. It was written in November, 1861, and contained a
passage which keenly excited my curiosity. It ran thus: "Do,
pray, be more careful of thy money. It may be all as thou sayest,
and inevitable, but I dare not mention the thing to mother, and
five thalers is all I can spare out of my own wages. As for thy
other request, I have granted it, as thou seest, but it makes me a
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