| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: tarry yet another day was given and accepted. This Ravenswood
had resolved should be the last of his stay; but he recollected
he had not yet visited the ancient and devoted servant of his
house, Old Alice, and it was but kind to dedicate one morning to
the gratification of so ancient an adherent.
To visit Alice, therefore, a day was devoted, and Lucy was the
Master's guide upon the way. Henry, it is true, accompanied
them, and took from their walk the air of a tete-a-tete,
while, in reality, it was little else, considering the variety of
circumstances which occurred to prevent the boy from giving the
least attention to what passed between his companions. Now a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry: Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced
additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded;
and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!
In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and
reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free--
if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which
we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble
struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged
ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest
shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!
An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and
pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity
as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share
comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth
quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will
dare to lay a paw upon it."
"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail
between his legs; but he spoke in a low growl
."You may share the labours of the great,
but you will not share the spoil."
The Wolf and the Crane
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