| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: by. On a table against the wall stood a gold vase, of coarse
workmanship but worth three thousand francs, a gift from Havana, which
city, at the time of the American War of Independence, he had
protected from an attack by the British, bringing his convoy safe into
port after an engagement with superior forces. To recompense this
service the King of Spain had made him a knight of his order; the same
event gave him a right to the next promotion to the rank of vice-
admiral, and he also received the red ribbing. He then married his
wife, who had a fortune of about two hundred thousand francs. But the
Revolution hindered his promotion, and Monsieur de Portenduere
emigrated.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: and an orchard on the other. All this was shining in the morning air,
through which the simple details of the picture addressed themselves
to the eye as distinctly as the items of a "sum" in addition.
A second young lady presently came out of the house, across the piazza,
descended into the garden and approached the young girl of whom I
have spoken. This second young lady was also thin and pale; but she
was older than the other; she was shorter; she had dark, smooth hair.
Her eyes, unlike the other's, were quick and bright; but they were not at
all restless. She wore a straw bonnet with white ribbons, and a long,
red, India scarf, which, on the front of her dress, reached to her feet.
In her hand she carried a little key.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: And feast and banquet in the open streets,
To celebrate the joy that God hath given us.
ALENCON.
All France will be replete with mirth and joy,
When they shall hear how we have play'd the men.
CHARLES.
'Tis Joan, not we, by whom the day is won;
For which I will divide my crown with her;
And all the priests and friars in my realm
Shall in procession sing her endless praise.
A statelier pyramis to her I 'll rear
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