| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart: concession to evening dress--Anne wiped off the obvious places on
the furniture. She did it stealthily, but Aunt Selina saw her in
the glass.
"What's that young woman's name?" she asked me sharply, when Anne
had taken the towel out to hide it.
"Anne Brown, Mrs. Dallas Brown," I replied meekly. Every one
replied meekly to Aunt Selina.
"Does she live here?"
"Oh, no," I said airily. "They are here to dinner, she and her
husband. They are old friends of Jim's--and mine."
"Seems to have a good eye for dirt," said Aunt Selina and went on
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: fruit, et ensuite je mangerai ce qui reste.
SALOME. Je n'ai pas faim, tetrarque.
HERODE [e Herodias] Voile comme vous l'avez elevee, votre fille.
HERODIAS. Ma fille et moi, nous descendons d'une race royale.
Quant e toi, ton grand-pere gardait des chameaux! Aussi, c'etait un
voleur!
HERODE. Tu mens!
HERODIAS. Tu sais bien que c'est la verite.
HERODE. Salome, viens t'asseoir pres de moi. Je te donnerai le
trone de ta mere.
SALOME. Je ne suis pas fatiguee, tetrarque.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Walden by Henry David Thoreau: I should not forget that during my last winter at the pond there
was another welcome visitor, who at one time came through the
village, through snow and rain and darkness, till he saw my lamp
through the trees, and shared with me some long winter evenings.
One of the last of the philosophers -- Connecticut gave him to the
world -- he peddled first her wares, afterwards, as he declares, his
brains. These he peddles still, prompting God and disgracing man,
bearing for fruit his brain only, like the nut its kernel. I think
that he must be the man of the most faith of any alive. His words
and attitude always suppose a better state of things than other men
are acquainted with, and he will be the last man to be disappointed
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