| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: messenger riding for Whitehall. He thought with a smile of what a
handful he and Wilding would have had had they waited to rob that
messenger of the incriminating letter that he bore. Then he checked
his smile to consider again how Sir Rowland Blake came to head that
party. He abandoned the problem, as the little troop swept
unhesitatingly round to the left and went pounding along the road
that led northwards to Bridgwater, clearly never doubting which way
their quarry had sped.
As for Sir Rowland Blake's connection with this pursuit, the town
gallant had by his earnestness not only convinced Colonel Luttrell
of his loyalty and devotion to King James, but had actually gone so
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: her course. The Ox was drawn, first, from the mire, and, next,
from his skin. Then the Political Pull looked back upon the good
fat carcase of beef that he was dragging to his lair and said, with
a discontented spirit:
"That is hardly my customary fee; I'll take home this first
instalment, then return and bring an action for salvage against the
skin."
The Judge and the Plaintiff
A MAN of Experience in Business was awaiting the judgment of the
Court in an action for damages which he had brought against a
railway company. The door opened and the Judge of the Court
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: In all these circumstances I'll instruct you.
Go with me to clothe you as becomes you.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE III. A room in PETRUCHIO'S house.
[Enter KATHERINA and GRUMIO.]
GRUMIO.
No, no, forsooth; I dare not for my life.
KATHERINA.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
What, did he marry me to famish me?
Beggars that come unto my father's door
The Taming of the Shrew |
