| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: [Enter a Herald.]
HERALD.
I summon your grace to his majesty's parliament,
Holden at Bury the first of this next month.
GLOSTER.
And my consent ne'er ask'd herein before!
This is close dealing.--Well, I will be there.--
[Exit Herald.]
My Nell, I take my leave;--and, master sheriff,
Let not her penance exceed the king's commission.
SHERIFF.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Firm of Nucingen by Honore de Balzac: of the Empire, that he had contrived to put it aside for his ward's
young man's follies. 'If you will take my advice, Godefroid,' added
he, 'instead of squandering the money like a fool, as so many young
men do, let it go in follies that will be useful to you afterwards.
Take an attache's post at Turin, and then go to Naples, and from
Naples to London, and you will be amused and learn something for your
money. Afterwards, if you think of a career, the time and the money
will not have been thrown away.' The late lamented d'Aiglemont had
more sense than people credited him with, which is more than can be
said of some of us."
"A young fellow that starts with an assured income of eighteen
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: Now when Schwartz had heard that Hans had stolen the holy
water, he thought to himself that such a proceeding might not be
considered altogether correct by the King of the Golden River, and
determined to manage matters better. So he took some more of
Gluck's money and went to a bad priest, who gave him some holy water
very readily for it. Then Schwartz was sure it was all quite right.
So Schwartz got up early in the morning before the sun rose, and
took some bread and wine in a basket, and put his holy water in a
flask, and set off for the mountains. Like his brother he was much
surprised at the sight of the glacier and had great difficulty in
crossing it, even after leaving his basket behind him. The day was
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