| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: rays of light struck out the earnest countenance of our Chinaman
grinding the hand-organ; a fainter glimmer showed off the rafters
and their shadows in the hollow of the roof; the pictures shone and
vanished on the screen; and as each appeared, there would run a
hush, a whisper, a strong shuddering rustle, and a chorus of small
cries among the crowd. There sat by me the mate of a wrecked
schooner. 'They would think this a strange sight in Europe or the
States,' said he, 'going on in a building like this, all tied with
bits of string.'
CHAPTER VII - HUSBAND AND WIFE
THE trader accustomed to the manners of Eastern Polynesia has a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: after you again,' said Matilda, in spite of her sister's silent but
imperative intimation that she should hold her tongue. 'He
wondered why you were never with us, and thought you must have
delicate health, as you came out so seldom.'
'He didn't Matilda - what nonsense you're talking!'
'Oh, Rosalie, what a lie! He did, you know; and you said - Don't,
Rosalie - hang it! - I won't be pinched so! And, Miss Grey,
Rosalie told him you were quite well, but you were always so buried
in your books that you had no pleasure in anything else.'
'What an idea he must have of me!' I thought.
'And,' I asked, 'does old Nancy ever inquire about me?'
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: But suppose the chance should occur of entering the lists against an
equal number of the enemy's cavalry, according to my judgment it were
no bad plan to split the squadron into divisions,[17] the first of
which should be commanded by the squadron-leader, and the other by the
ablest officer to be found. This second-officer will for the time
being follow in rear of the leading division with the squadron leader;
and by and by, when the antagonist is in near proximity, and when the
word of command is passed, form squadron to the front and charge the
hostile ranks[18]--a manouvre calculated, as I conceive, to bring the
whole mass down upon the enemy with paralysing force, and to cause him
some trouble to extricate himself. Ideally speaking, both
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