| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: the two of you were my born enemies! I - I beg your pardon, Mr.
Ramornie, but would you mind it very much if you didn't go for to
do anything against England' - he brought the word out suddenly,
like something hot - 'when I was along of you?'
I was more affected than I can tell.
'Rowley,' I said, 'you need have no fear. By how much I love my
own honour, by so much I will take care to protect yours. We are
but fraternising at the outposts, as soldiers do. When the bugle
calls, my boy, we must face each other, one for England, one for
France, and may God defend the right!'
So I spoke at the moment; but for all my brave airs, the boy had
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: William Ashton's letter into the hands of the Marquis of A----,
who observed with a smile, that Sir William's day of grace was
past, and that he had now to learn which side of the hedge the
sun had got to. It was with the greatest difficulty that
Ravenswood extorted from the Marquis a promise that he would
compromise the proceedings in Parliament, providing Sir William
should be disposed to acquiesce in a union between him and Lucy
Ashton.
"I would hardly," said the Marquis, "consent to your
throwing away your birthright in this manner, were I not
perfectly confident that Lady Ashton, or Lady Douglas, or
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Letters from England by Elizabeth Davis Bancroft: other persons. Bunsen is very popular here. He is learned and
accomplished, and was so much praised in the Biography of Dr.
Arnold, the late historian of Rome, that he has great reputation in
the world of letters. . . . Although we have great pleasure in the
society of Chevalier and Madam Bunsen, and in those whom we meet at
their house. On this occasion we only stayed half an hour, which I
passed in talking with the Bishop of Norwich and his wife, Mrs.
Stanley, and went to Lady Morgan's without waiting till the Duchess
of Sutherland came. There we found her little rooms full of
agreeable people. . . . The next day, Thursday, there was a grand
opera for the benefit of the Irish, and all the Diplomatic Corps
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