| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: wonderful it must be to speak three languages, and so useful and--And with
people like that, I don't see why we invite the Orville Joneses."
"Well now, Orville is a mighty up-and-coming fellow!"
"Yes, I know, but--A laundry!"
"I'll admit a laundry hasn't got the class of poetry or real estate, but just
the same, Orvy is mighty deep. Ever start him spieling about gardening? Say,
that fellow can tell you the name of every kind of tree, and some of their
Greek and Latin names too! Besides, we owe the Joneses a dinner. Besides,
gosh, we got to have some boob for audience, when a bunch of hot-air artists
like Frink and Littlefield get going."
"Well, dear--I meant to speak of this--I do think that as host you ought to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: dered sent to the palace to measure him for the numerous
garments of a royal wardrobe, for he knew the king to be
near enough his own size that he might easily wear clothes
that had been fitted to Barney; and it was part of his plan
to have everything in readiness for the substitution which
was to take place the morning of the coronation.
Then there were foreign dignitaries, and the heads of
numerous domestic and civic delegations to be given audi-
ence. Old Von der Tann stood close behind Barney prompt-
ing him upon the royal duties that had fallen so suddenly
upon his shoulders, and none thought it strange that he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: accessible from the eastward; for his relation and chief, the
Marquis, was used to boast, that he would not for a hundred
thousand crowns any mortal should know the passes by which an
armed force could penetrate into his country.
Sir Duncan Campbell, therefore, rather shunned the Highlands, and
falling into the Low-country, made for the nearest seaport in the
vicinity, where he had several half-decked galleys, or birlings,
as they were called, at his command. In one of these they
embarked, with Gustavus in company, who was so seasoned to
adventure, that land and sea seemed as indifferent to him as to
his master.
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