| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Glasses by Henry James: of the beads are missing--at least I think they're not: that's
exactly what I shall amuse myself with finding out.
I had been all summer working hard in town and then had gone down
to Folkestone for a blow. Art was long, I felt, and my holiday
short; my mother was settled at Folkestone, and I paid her a visit
when I could. I remember how on this occasion, after weeks in my
stuffy studio with my nose on my palette, I sniffed up the clean
salt air and cooled my eyes with the purple sea. The place was
full of lodgings, and the lodgings were at that season full of
people, people who had nothing to do but to stare at one another on
the great flat down. There were thousands of little chairs and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: prospectuses alone, laid side by side, would indicate the
march of luxury and the repeal of the paper duty. The penny
bi-weekly broadside of session 1828-4 was almost wholly
dedicated to Momus. Epigrams, pointless letters, amorous
verses, and University grievances are the continual burthen
of the song. But MR. TATLER was not without a vein of hearty
humour; and his pages afford what is much better: to wit, a
good picture of student life as it then was. The students of
those polite days insisted on retaining their hats in the
class-room. There was a cab-stance in front of the College;
and 'Carriage Entrance' was posted above the main arch, on
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: An' there's somethin' in October that stirs deep inside o' me;
An' I just can't help believin' in a God above us, when
Everything is ripe for harvest an the frost is back again.
On Quitting
How much grit do you think you've got?
Can you quit a thing that you like a lot?
You may talk of pluck; it's an easy word,
And where'er you go it is often heard;
But can you tell to a jot or guess
Just how much courage you now possess?
You may stand to trouble and keep your grin,
Just Folks |
