| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: "About my calling, sir," said Parsons, stoutly. "By your leave, I
shall prepare this my wounded lamb for that account to which your
man's cruelty has untimely sent him."
The wounded man, who lay upon the floor, heard Parsons' voice, and
moaned for the "Patrico."
"You see, sir," said he, pompously, "the sheep know their
shepherd's voice."
"The wolves you mean, you hypocritical scoundrel!" said Amyas, who
could not contain his disgust. "Let the fellow truss up his
points, lads, and do his work. After all, the man is dying."
"The requisite matters, sir, are not at hand," said Parsons,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Crito by Plato: destruction. And further I should say that you are deserting your own
children; for you might bring them up and educate them; instead of which
you go away and leave them, and they will have to take their chance; and if
they do not meet with the usual fate of orphans, there will be small thanks
to you. No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to
persevere to the end in their nurture and education. But you appear to be
choosing the easier part, not the better and manlier, which would have been
more becoming in one who professes to care for virtue in all his actions,
like yourself. And indeed, I am ashamed not only of you, but of us who are
your friends, when I reflect that the whole business will be attributed
entirely to our want of courage. The trial need never have come on, or
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: "What's your name?" he asked.
"Camilla "
"Ah, there's a lovely name! And the girl that bears it,
lovelier still!"
Camilla blushed. As he sought to seize her wrist, she
grew frightened, and Picking up the empty pitcher, flew
out the door.
"No, Demetrio," Anastasio Montanez commented
gravely, "you've got to break them in first. Hmm! It's a
hell of a lot of scars the women have left on my body.
Yes, my friend, I've a heap of experience along that line."
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