| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: responsible for its second meaning in connection with this
concern."
"You never will be, T. A."
"Not with you at the helm." He smiled rather sadly. "I'm a
good, ordinary, common seaman. But you've got imagination, and
foresight, and nerve, and daring, and that's the stuff that
admirals are made of."
"Bless you, T. A.! I knew you'd see the thing as I do after the
first shock was over. It has always been nip and tuck between
the Sans-Silk Company and us. You gave me the hint that showed
me their plans. Now help me follow it up."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Call of the Wild by Jack London: have died for a moral consideration, say the defence of Judge
Miller's riding-whip; but the completeness of his decivilization
was now evidenced by his ability to flee from the defence of a
moral consideration and so save his hide. He did not steal for
joy of it, but because of the clamor of his stomach. He did not
rob openly, but stole secretly and cunningly, out of respect for
club and fang. In short, the things he did were done because it
was easier to do them than not to do them.
His development (or retrogression) was rapid. His muscles became
hard as iron, and he grew callous to all ordinary pain. He
achieved an internal as well as external economy. He could eat
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: east and west. It stretches towards the south, forming a triangle
whose irregular sides meet at length below the great lakes of
Canada. The second region begins where the other terminates, and
includes all the remainder of the continent. The one slopes
gently towards the Pole, the other towards the Equator.
The territory comprehended in the first region descends
towards the north with so imperceptible a slope that it may
almost be said to form a level plain. Within the bounds of this
immense tract of country there are neither high mountains nor
deep valleys. Streams meander through it irregularly: great
rivers mix their currents, separate and meet again, disperse and
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