| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: still care to have me, I - I was wondering about - the man who just
went out, Stuart, you say? I - told his landlady to-night that he
wouldn't need the room again. I hope she hasn't rented it to
somebody else."
We cheered him as best we could, and I suggested that we go to
Baltimore the next day and try to find the real Sullivan through
his wife. He left sometime after midnight, and Richey and I were
alone.
He drew a chair near the lamp and lighted a cigarette, and for a
time we were silent. I was in the shadow, and I sat back and
watched him. It was not surprising, I thought, that she cared for
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: upon their perches, crooned like old women.
The youth returned to his theory of a blue dem-
onstration.
One gray dawn, however, he was kicked in
the leg by the tall soldier, and then, before he
was entirely awake, he found himself running
down a wood road in the midst of men who were
panting from the first effects of speed. His can-
teen banged rhythmically upon his thigh, and his
haversack bobbed softly. His musket bounced
a trifle from his shoulder at each stride and made
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Samuel 26: 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'
1_Samuel 26: 21 Then said Saul: 'I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.'
1_Samuel 26: 22 And David answered and said: 'Behold the king's spear! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.
1_Samuel 26: 23 And the LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as the LORD delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed.
1_Samuel 26: 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.'
1_Samuel 26: 25 Then Saul said to David: 'Blessed be thou, my son David; thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail.' So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1_Samuel 27: 1 And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.'
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