| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett: that grew about the schoolhouse lot. Being scuffed down all the
spring made it grow so much the better, like some folks that had it
hard in their youth, and were bound to make the most of themselves
before they died.
IV
At the Schoolhouse Window
ONE DAY I reached the schoolhouse very late, owing to attendance
upon the funeral of an acquaintance and neighbor, with whose sad
decline in health I had been familiar, and whose last days both the
doctor and Mrs. Todd had tried in vain to ease. The services had
taken place at one o'clock, and now, at quarter past two, I stood
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: to rights the furnishings I had delivered here, and
sweep the century-old accumulation of filth and cob-
webs from the floor and rafters? Why, the very air
reeked of the dead Romans who builded London twelve
hundred years ago. Methinks, too, from the stink, they
must have been Roman swineherd who habited this sty
with their herds, an' I venture that thou, old sow, hast
never touched broom to the place for fear of disturb-
ing the ancient relics of thy kin."
"Cease thy babbling, Lord Satan," cried the woman.
"I would rather hear thy money talk than thou, for
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: cheeks.
"Oh, My Lord! My Lord!' she cried, "Richard our
son, has been assassinated and thrown into the Thames."
In an instant all was confusion and turmoil, and it
was with the greatest difficulty that the King finally
obtained a coherent statement from his queen.
It seemed that when the Lady Maud had not returned
to the palace with Prince Richard at the proper time,
the Queen had been notified and an immediate search
had been instituted--a search which did not end for
over twenty years; but the first fruits of it turned the
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