| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: walked with considerable pride.
"Hello!" he said, seeing Paul bareheaded. "Where are you going?"
"Came to meet you. Can't stand 'Nevermore.'"
Edgar's teeth flashed in a laugh of amusement.
"Who is 'Nevermore'?" he asked.
"The lady--Mrs. Dawes--it ought to be Mrs. The Raven that quothed
'Nevermore.'"
Edgar laughed with glee.
"Don't you like her?" he asked.
"Not a fat lot," said Paul. "Why, do you?"
"No!" The answer came with a deep ring of conviction. "No!"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the customary greeting between green Martians. Had the men
been strangers, and therefore unable to exchange names, they
would have silently exchanged ornaments, had their missions
been peaceful--otherwise they would have exchanged shots,
or have fought out their introduction with some other of their
various weapons.
My captor, whose name was Tars Tarkas, was virtually the
vice-chieftain of the community, and a man of great ability as
a statesman and warrior. He evidently explained briefly the
incidents connected with his expedition, including my capture,
and when he had concluded the chieftain addressed me at
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: from
the Dulwich district, then to the national House, then to the
Senate.
Why not? The Weightman interests were large enough to need a
direct
representative and guardian at Washington.
But to-night all these plans came back to him with dust upon
them.
They were dry and crumbling like forsaken habitations. The son
upon whom his complacent ambition had rested had turned his back
upon
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