| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: enforced they will cease drinking; but the white who seeks to
antedate the movement by refusing liquor does so at his peril.
Hence, in some degree, the anxiety and helplessness of Mr. Rick.
He and Tom, alarmed by the rabblement of the SANS SOUCI, had
stopped the sale; they had done so without danger, because THE LAND
WE LIVE IN still continued selling; it was claimed, besides, that
they had been the first to begin. What step could be taken? Could
Mr. Rick visit Mr. Muller (with whom he was not on terms) and
address him thus: 'I was getting ahead of you, now you are getting
ahead of me, and I ask you to forego your profit. I got my place
closed in safety, thanks to your continuing; but now I think you
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde: fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For her
body I would give my soul, and for her love I would surrender
heaven. Tell me what I ask of thee, and let me go in peace.'
'Away! Away!' cried the Priest: 'thy leman is lost, and thou
shalt be lost with her.'
And he gave him no blessing, but drove him from his door.
And the young Fisherman went down into the market-place, and he
walked slowly, and with bowed head, as one who is in sorrow.
And when the merchants saw him coming, they began to whisper to
each other, and one of them came forth to meet him, and called him
by name, and said to him, 'What hast thou to sell?'
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: glorious time to-day, haven't we?--and we haven't been talked out
once.
"As we were last night, for instance," he hazarded.
"I THOUGHT you felt it, the same as I did. It WAS a bit awful
wasn't it?"
"It was."
"From now on, let's make a resolution. I know you've had a good
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