| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: turning to the Dutch oven.
"No," he said, fighting stoutly. "Folk ought to look as well
as they can."
"And do you call THAT looking nice!" cried the mother,
pointing a scornful fork at Clara. "That--that looks as if it
wasn't properly dressed!"
"I believe you're jealous that you can't swank as well,"
he said laughing.
"Me! I could have worn evening dress with anybody, if I'd
wanted to!" came the scornful answer.
"And why didn't you want to?" he asked pertinently. "Or DID
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: lighthouse, the landing and laying of the last stone for the
season was observed with the usual ceremonies.
From observations often made by the writer, in so far as
such can be ascertained, it appears that no wave in the open
seas, in an unbroken state, rises more than from seven to nine
feet above the general surface of the ocean. The Bell Rock
Lighthouse may therefore now be considered at from eight to
ten feet above the height of the waves; and, although the
sprays and heavy seas have often been observed, in the present
state of the building, to rise to the height of fifty feet,
and fall with a tremendous noise on the beacon-house, yet such
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 1984 by George Orwell: They did not return to the subject until they had been in bed for half an
hour. The evening was just cool enough to make it worth while to pull up
the counterpane. From below came the familiar sound of singing and the
scrape of boots on the flagstones. The brawny red-armed woman whom Winston
had seen there on his first visit was almost a fixture in the yard. There
seemed to be no hour of daylight when she was not marching to and fro
between the washtub and the line, alternately gagging herself with clothes
pegs and breaking forth into lusty song. Julia had settled down on her
side and seemed to be already on the point of falling asleep. He reached
out for the book, which was lying on the floor, and sat up against the
bedhead.
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