| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin: to see an old man crying, and by tears not being secreted.
With respect to another figure by Dr. Duchenne (fig. 49), in which
the muscles of half the face are galvanized in order to represent
a man beginning to cry, with the eyebrow on the same side
rendered oblique, which is characteristic of misery, the expression
was recognized by a greater proportional number of persons.
Out of twenty-three persons, fourteen answered correctly,
"sorrow," "distress," "grief," "just going to cry,"
"endurance of pain," &c. On the other hand, nine persons either
could form no opinion or were entirely wrong, answering,
"cunning leer," "jocund," "looking at an intense light,"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott: Mr. Ireby had gone the day before upon a journey of some miles
distance to the northward, the bailiff chose to consider the
check upon his full powers as for the time removed, and concluded
that he should best consult his master's interest, and perhaps
his own, in making an agreement with Harry Wakefield. Meanwhile,
ignorant of what his comrade was doing, Robin Oig, on his side,
chanced to be overtaken by a good-looking smart little man upon a
pony, most knowingly hogged and cropped, as was then the fashion,
the rider wearing tight leather breeches, and long-necked bright
spurs. This cavalier asked one or two pertinent questions about
markets and the price of stock. So Robin, seeing him a well-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: there are with you."
"They are great fighters," Jorgenson observed, unconcernedly,
spreading his elbows on the rail and looking over at the floating
black patch of characteristic shape whence proceeded the voice of
the wily envoy of Tengga. "Each man of them is worth ten of such
as you can find in the Settlement."
"Yes, by Allah. Even worth twenty of these common people. Indeed,
you have enough with you to make a great fight but not enough for
victory."
"God alone gives victory," said suddenly the voice of Jaffir,
who, very still at Jorgenson's elbow, had been listening to the
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