| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: "No," said the other.
"Then I'll tell you. It is because people think only about
their own business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up
for the oppressed, nor bring the wrongdoer to light.
I never see a wicked thing like this without doing what I can,
and many a master has thanked me for letting him know
how his horses have been used."
"I wish there were more gentlemen like you, sir," said Jerry,
"for they are wanted badly enough in this city."
After this we continued our journey, and as they got out of the cab
our friend was saying, "My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Poor? Nay, richest, happiest, most favored!" exclaimed he. "My
peerless bride, it is successful! You are perfect!"
"My poor Aylmer," she repeated, with a more than human
tenderness, "you have aimed loftily; you have done nobly. Do not
repent that with so high and pure a feeling, you have rejected
the best the earth could offer. Aylmer, dearest Aylmer, I am
dying!"
Alas! it was too true! The fatal hand had grappled with the
mystery of life, and was the bond by which an angelic spirit kept
itself in union with a mortal frame. As the last crimson tint of
the birthmark--that sole token of human imperfection--faded from
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: the old feudal baron extremely well. Sir Frederick Langley was
placed on his right hand, and Mr. Mareschal of Mareschal-Wells on
his left. Some gentlemen of consideration, with their sons,
brothers, and nephews, were seated at the upper end of the table,
and among these Mr. Ratcliffe had his place. Beneath the salt-
cellar (a massive piece of plate which occupied the midst of the
table) sate the SINE NOMINE TURBA, men whose vanity was gratified
by holding even this subordinate space at the social board, while
the distinction observed in ranking them was a salve to the pride
of their superiors. That the lower house was not very select
must be admitted, since Willie of Westburnflat was one of the
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