| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey: hombre, Lee Stanton, will be riding in here," answered Flo, laconically.
The slight knowing smile on Glenn's face and the grinning disbelief on Mr.
Hutter's were facts not lost upon Carley. And when Charley, the herder,
deliberately winked at Carley, she conceived the idea that Flo, like many
women, only ran off to be pursued. In some manner Carley did not seek to
analyze, the purported advent of this Lee Stanton pleased her. But she did
admit to her consciousness that women, herself included, were both as deep
and mysterious as the sea, yet as transparent as an inch of crystal water.
It happened that the expected newcomer rode into camp before anyone left.
Before he dismounted he made a good impression on Carley, and as he stepped
down in lazy, graceful action, a tall lithe figure, she thought him
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: But the man heeded him not. He seized the money, and
disregarding the sovereigns that rolled loose upon the floor,
thrust the bundle of notes into his pocket.
'A receipt,' repeated Challoner, with some asperity. 'I
insist on a receipt.'
'Receipt?' repeated the man, a little wildly. 'A receipt?
Immediately! Await me here.'
Challoner, in reply, begged the gentleman to lose no
unnecessary time, as he was himself desirous of catching a
particular train.
'Ah, by God, and so am I!' exclaimed the man with the chin-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: of all those, who, approve the very writings and principles, against which,
your testimony is directed: And he hath chosen this singular situation,
in order, that you might discover in him that presumption of character
which you cannot see in yourselves. For neither he nor you can have any
claim or title to POLITICAL REPRESENTATION.
When men have departed from the right way, it is no wonder that they
stumble and fall. And it is evident from the manner in which ye have
managed your testimony, that politics, (as a religious body of men)
is not your proper Walk; for however well adapted it might appear to you,
it is, nevertheless, a jumble of good and bad put unwisely together,
and the conclusion drawn therefrom, both unnatural and unjust.
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