| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: East and West. . .that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind?
Will you join in that historic effort?
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted
the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger; I do not shrink
from this responsibility. . .I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us
would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor
will light our country and all who serve it. . .and the glow from
that fire can truly light the world.
And so, my fellow Americans. . .ask not what your country can
do for you. . .ask what you can do for your country. My fellow
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: set? But the thought was useless. Even if his friends could
harbor him after such a deed, his enemies would find him, and his
life would be forfeit to a certainty. His own trap was closing
upon him.
He came upon the main street, and saw some distance off the
Virginian standing in talk with the bishop. He slunk between two
houses, and cursed both of them. The sight had been good for him,
bringing some warmth of rage back to his desperate heart. And he
went into a place and drank some whiskey.
"In your shoes," said the barkeeper, "I'd be afraid to take so
much."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sanitary and Social Lectures by Charles Kingsley: officer's wife), such a doctrine is absolutely true, and cannot be
overstated. A large proportion, therefore, of your parish work
will be to influence the men of your family to do their duty by
their dependants. You wish to cure the evils under which they
labour. The greater proportion of these are in the hands of your
men relatives. It is a mockery, for instance, in you to visit the
fever-stricken cottage, while your husband leaves it in a state
which breeds that fever. Your business is to go to him and say,
"HERE IS A WRONG; RIGHT IT!" This, as many a beautiful Middle Age
legend tells us, has been woman's function in all uncivilised
times; not merely to melt man's heart to pity, but to awaken it to
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