| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac: repentance. Claparon's troubles every one could guess; but Claparon
reappeared, on the other hand, with sparkling eyes, holding his head
high with the pride of Lucifer. The crisis had passed from the one man
to the other.
"Now you can drop off with an easy mind, old man," said Claparon to
Castanier.
"For pity's sake, send for a cab and for a priest; send for the curate
of Saint-Sulpice!" answered the old dragoon, sinking down upon the
curbstone.
The words "a priest" reached the ears of several people, and produced
uproarious jeering among the stockbrokers, for faith with these
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: the possibilities were wrapped up in doubt, uncertain, like all
things pertaining to the life of men. It was only when giving a
short thought to himself that Jorgenson had no doubt. He, of
course, would know what to do.
On the thin face of that old adventurer hidden in the night not a
feature moved, not a muscle twitched, as he descended in his turn
and walked aft along the decks of the Emma. His faded eyes, which
had seen so much, did not attempt to explore the night, they
never gave a glance to the silent watchers against whom he
brushed. Had a light been flashed on him suddenly he would have
appeared like a man walking in his sleep: the somnambulist of an
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: love for her whenever she should think of it; so they got their
project placed before General Burnaby, my successor, who is Cathy's
newest slave, and in spite of poverty of precedents they got his
permission. The bands knew the child's favorite military airs. By
this hint you know what is coming, but Cathy didn't. She was asked
to sound the "reveille," which she did.
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With the last note the bands burst out with a crash: and woke the
mountains with the "Star-Spangled Banner" in a way to make a body's
heart swell and thump and his hair rise! It was enough to break a
person all up, to see Cathy's radiant face shining out through her
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