| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: heavy that day for another cause than the death of the old squire,
and more than one of them was longing to be twenty miles away, as
Mr. Craig was, knowing what was to become of Hetty Sorrel--pretty
Hetty Sorrel--whom they used to see every week. They had the
partisanship of household servants who like their places, and were
not inclined to go the full length of the severe indignation felt
against him by the farming tenants, but rather to make excuses for
him; nevertheless, the upper servants, who had been on terms of
neighbourly intercourse with the Poysers for many years, could not
help feeling that the longed-for event of the young squire's
coming into the estate had been robbed of all its pleasantness.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: who could not, in the same circumstances, have discerned long
since the state of her lover's mind. But by thus suddenly
tearing off the veil, thin as it was, Allan prepared her to
expect consequences violent in proportion to the enthusiasm of
his character. She made an effort to repel the charge he had
stated.
"You forget," she said, "your own worth and nobleness when you
insult so very helpless a being, and one whom fate has thrown so
totally into your power. You know who and what I am, and how
impossible it is that Menteith or you can use language of
affection to me, beyond that of friendship. You know from what
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Theaetetus by Plato: THEAETETUS: Yes; that is what we are maintaining.
SOCRATES: Nevertheless, Theaetetus, on a nearer view, I find myself quite
disappointed; the picture, which at a distance was not so bad, has now
become altogether unintelligible.
THEAETETUS: What do you mean?
SOCRATES: I will endeavour to explain: I will suppose myself to have true
opinion of you, and if to this I add your definition, then I have
knowledge, but if not, opinion only.
THEAETETUS: Yes.
SOCRATES: The definition was assumed to be the interpretation of your
difference.
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