| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: faculties and left him in a condition
bordering on the grave. He was blown into
a thousand atoms. It took place on
Wednesday of last week and some accounts
state that it grew out of an experiment
with phosphoric ether, others that it was
by a too liberal indulgence in Prussic acid,
an article which, from its resemblance to
the peach, he was remarkably fond of having
about him.''
The Doctor was extensively accused of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: castris sese tenebat, cum Viridovix contra eum duorum milium spatio
consedisset cotidieque productis copiis pugnandi potestatem faceret, ut
iam non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed etiam
nostrorum militum vocibus non nihil carperetur; tantamque opinionem
timoris praebuit ut iam ad vallum castrorum hostes accedere auderent. Id
ea de causa faciebat quod cum tanta multitudine hostium, praesertim eo
absente qui summam imperii teneret, nisi aequo loco aut oportunitate
aliqua data legato dimicandum non existimabat.
Hac confirmata opinione timoris idoneum quendam hominem et callidum
deligit, Gallum, ex iis quos auxilii causa secum habebat. Huic magnis
praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadet uti ad hostes transeat, et quid
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: they could have reached in five or six minutes from the Rue Saint-
Georges; but Madame Nourrisson desired the man to drive along the Rue
le Peletier, and to go very slowly, so as to be able to examine the
carriages in waiting.
"Brazilian," said the old woman, "look out for your angel's carriage
and servants."
The Baron pointed out Valerie's carriage as they passed it.
"She has told them to come for her at ten o'clock, and she is gone in
a cab to the house where she visits Count Steinbock. She has dined
there, and will come to the Opera in half an hour.--It is well
contrived!" said Madame Nourrisson. "Thus you see how she has kept you
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