| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: really was her husband -- and that Kazbich was a
scoundrel, and ought to be punished. Judge for
yourself, what could I say to that? . . . At the
time, however, I knew nothing of their con-
spiracy. Well, one day Kazbich rode up and
asked whether we needed any rams and honey;
and I ordered him to bring some the next
day.
"'Azamat!' said Grigori Aleksandrovich;
'to-morrow Karagyoz will be in my hands; if
Bela is not here to-night you will never see the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: "I tell thee, Francis," he said, as Gascoyne and he talked over
the matter one day--"I tell thee I will never serve them.
Prithee, what shame can be fouler than to do such menial service,
saving for one's rightful Lord?"
"Marry!" quoth Gascoyne; "I reason not of shame at this or that.
All I know is that others serve them who are haply as good and
maybe better than I be, and that if I do not serve them I get
knocked i' th' head therefore, which same goeth soothly against
my stomach."
"I judge not for thee," said Myles. "Thou art used to these
castle ways, but only I know that I will not serve them, though
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Collected Articles by Frederick Douglass: near the Tombs prison. As he approached me, I ventured a remark to him
which at once enlisted his interest in me. He took me to his home to spend
the night, and in the morning went with me to Mr. David Ruggles,
the secretary of the New York Vigilance Committee, a co-worker with
Isaac T. Hopper, Lewis and Arthur Tappan, Theodore S. Wright, Samuel Cornish,
Thomas Downing, Philip A. Bell, and other true men of their time.
All these (save Mr. Bell, who still lives, and is editor and publisher of a paper
called the "Elevator," in San Francisco) have finished their work on earth.
Once in the hands of these brave and wise men, I felt comparatively safe.
With Mr. Ruggles, on the corner of Lispenard and Church streets,
I was hidden several days, during which time my intended wife came on
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