| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass: walk straight through Delaware into Pennsylvania.
When I get there, I shall not be required to have a
pass; I can travel without being disturbed. Let but
the first opportunity offer, and, come what will, I
am off. Meanwhile, I will try to bear up under the
yoke. I am not the only slave in the world. Why
should I fret? I can bear as much as any of them.
Besides, I am but a boy, and all boys are bound to
some one. It may be that my misery in slavery will
only increase my happiness when I get free. There
is a better day coming."
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw: winds?
HYPATIA. _[following him]_ Do, do, do, do, do. This is the house of
a respectable shopkeeper, enormously rich. This is the respectable
shopkeeper's daughter, tired of good manners. _[Slipping her left
hand into his right]_ Come, handsome young man, and play with the
respectable shopkeeper's daughter.
PERCIVAL. _[withdrawing quickly from her touch]_ No, no: dont you
know you mustnt go on like this with a perfect stranger?
HYPATIA. Dropped down from the sky. Dont you know that you must
always go on like this when you get the chance? You must come to the
top of the hill and chase me through the bracken. You may kiss me if
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: "You tell 'm get to hell along beach. Then I talk with you."
Sheldon felt a slight vibration of the veranda, and knew that Joan
had come out and was standing by his side. But he did not dare
glance at her. There were too many rifles down below there, and
rifles had a way of going off from the hip.
Again the veranda vibrated with her moving weight, and he knew that
Joan had gone into the house. A minute later she was back beside
him. He had never seen her smoke, and it struck him as peculiar
that she should be smoking now. Then he guessed the reason. With
a quick glance, he noted the hand at her side, and in it the
familiar, paper-wrapped dynamite. He noted, also, the end of fuse,
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