| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: on the beach."
But the true centre of trouble, the head of the boil of which Samoa
languishes, is the German firm. From the conditions of business, a
great island house must ever be an inheritance of care; and it
chances that the greatest still afoot has its chief seat in Apia
bay, and has sunk the main part of its capital in the island of
Upolu. When its founder, John Caesar Godeffroy, went bankrupt over
Russian paper and Westphalian iron, his most considerable asset was
found to be the South Sea business. This passed (I understand)
through the hands of Baring Brothers in London, and is now run by a
company rejoicing in the Gargantuan name of the DEUTSCHE HANDELS
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Passionate Pilgrim by William Shakespeare: XII.
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together
Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care;
Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather;
Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare;
Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short;
Youth is nimble, age is lame;
Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold;
Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee;
O, my love, my love is young!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy: other way now." As there was something lurking in this that she
could not explain, she added, so quickly as not to allow him time
to think of it, "Has my father written to you at all?"
"Yes," said Winterborne.
She glanced ponderingly up at him. "Not about me?"
"Yes."
His mouth was lined with charactery which told her that he had
been bidden to take the hint as to the future which she had been
bidden to give. The unexpected discovery sent a scarlet pulsation
through Grace for the moment. However, it was only Giles who
stood there, of whom she had no fear; and her self-possession
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