| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: think of. Delightful. A charming family party. We three against
the world--and all that sort of thing. And what for. For a girl
that doesn't care twopence for him."
The demon of bitterness had entered into little Fyne. He amazed me
as though he had changed his skin from white to black. It was quite
as wonderful. And he kept it up, too.
"Luckily there are some advantages in the--the profession of a
sailor. As long as they defy the world away at sea somewhere
eighteen thousand miles from here, I don't mind so much. I wonder
what that interesting old party will say. He will have another
surprise. They mean to drag him along with them on board the ship
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: their concurrence with his view of the matter. "But," he continued,
"if you are proposing to prove any such thing, I think you will find
it difficult."
Mr. Wilding drew a crumpled paper from his pocket. "When the courier
whom they robbed, as they have correctly informed you," said he quietly,
"suspected their design upon the contents of his wallet, he bethought
him of removing the wrapper from the letter, so that in case the letter
were seized by them it should prove nothing against any man in
particular. He stuffed the wrapper into the lining of his hat,
preserving it as a proof of his good faith against the time when he
should bring the letter to its destination, or come to confess that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry: of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different
men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it
will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do
opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my
sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony.
The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country.
For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of
freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject
ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that
we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility
which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions
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