| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: to them. The Princess Helena followed up the effect--she was not
sure that it was an advantage--by an appeal to the simple, childish
nature which she believed to exist under his ferocious exterior.
For a minute it seemed as if she were about to re-establish her
ascendancy: then the stubborn resistance of the beast returned.
Among the portraits in the hall was one of the deceased Princess
Martha. Pointing to this, Helena cried--
"See, my father! here are the features of your sainted wife! Think
that she looks down from her place among the blessed, sees you,
listens to your words, prays that your hard heart may be softened!
Remember her last farewell to you on earth, her hope of meeting
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: property of every kind, landed or otherwise, without exception or
reservation, dispensing even with the formality of an inventory;
provided that said omission of said inventory shall not injure their
heirs and assigns, it being understood that this deed of gift is,
etc., etc." This clause of the contract will explain the profound
respect which monsieur le president always testified for the wishes,
and above all, for the solitude of Madame de Bonfons. Women cited him
as the most considerate and delicate of men, pitied him, and even went
so far as to find fault with the passion and grief of Eugenie, blaming
her, as women know so well how to blame, with cruel but discreet
insinuation.
Eugenie Grandet |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Before Adam by Jack London: scrambled back into the cave.
I was all alone. The populous open space had of a
sudden become deserted. I sat down forlornly and
whimpered. I could not understand. Why had the Folk
run away from me? In later time, when I came to know
their ways, I was to learn. When they saw me dashing
out of the forest at top speed they concluded that I
was being pursued by some hunting animal. By my
unceremonious approach I had stampeded them.
As I sat and watched the cave-mouths I became aware
that the Folk were watching me. Soon they were
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