| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tour Through Eastern Counties of England by Daniel Defoe: we see a very beautiful but retired and rural seat of Mr.
Lethulier's, eldest son of the late Sir John Lethulier, of Lusum,
in Kent, of whose family I shall speak when I come on that side.
By this turn I came necessarily on to Stratford, where I set out.
And thus having finished my first circuit, I conclude my first
letter, and am,
Sir, your most humble and obedient servant.
APPENDIX.
Whoever travels, as I do, over England, and writes the account of
his observations, will, as I noted before, always leave something,
altering or undertaking by such a growing improving nation as this,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: it sleepily. "Wonder where Hitchcock bunked last night?" he
queried, reaching for his moccasins. They were stiff, and he
walked gingerly in his socks to the fire to thaw them out. "It's
a blessing he's gone," he added, "though he was a mighty good
worker."
"Yep. Too masterful. That was his trouble. Too bad for Sipsu.
Think he cared for her much?"
"Don't think so. Just principle. That's all. He thought it
wasn't right--and, of course, it wasn't,--but that was no reason
for us to interfere and get hustled over the divide before our
time."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll: My Second by believers
In magic art: my simple Third
Follows, too often, hopes absurd
And plausible deceivers.
My First to get at wisdom tries -
A failure melancholy!
My Second men revered as wise:
My Third from heights of wisdom flies
To depths of frantic folly.
My First is ageing day by day:
My Second's age is ended:
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