| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Golden Threshold by Sarojini Naidu: What war is this of THEE and ME? Give o'er the wanton strife,
You are the heart within my heart, the life within my life.
AUTUMN SONG
Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow,
The sunset hangs on a cloud;
A golden storm of glittering sheaves,
Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves,
The wild wind blows in a cloud.
Hark to a voice that is calling
To my heart in the voice of the wind:
My heart is weary and sad and alone,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: only thing that has arrived.'
'This!' shrieked the miserable man. 'I never heard of it!'
'It came addressed in your hand,' replied Julia; 'we had nearly
to pull the house down to get it in, that is all that I can tell
you.'
Morris gazed at her in utter bewilderment. He passed his hand
over his forehead; he leaned against the wall like a man about to
faint. Then his tongue was loosed, and he overwhelmed the girl
with torrents of abuse. Such fire, such directness, such a choice
of ungentlemanly language, none had ever before suspected Morris
to possess; and the girl trembled and shrank before his fury.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac: tell you about their noble newspaper. You, who have understood the
whole question of insurance so thoroughly, and who are willing to
assist my work in this district--"
"Yes," said Margaritis, "if--"
"If I take your wine; I understand perfectly. Your wine is very good,
Monsieur; it puts the stomach in a glow."
"They make champagne out of it; there is a man from Paris who comes
here and makes it in Tours."
"I have no doubt of it, Monsieur. The 'Globe,' of which we were
speaking--"
"Yes, I've gone over it," said Margaritis.
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