| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: --burnt at Carthage; at Ephesus, 4.--burnt in Fire
of London, 10.--burnt by Saracens, 3.--captured by Corsairs, 18.
-cleaning of, 114.--deprived of title pages, i 18, 119.
Books destroyed at the Reformation, Si.--dried in an attic, 16.--
examination of old covers, i 16.--how to dust them, 134.
-injured by hacking, i x i.--lost at sea, 17, 18.--margin reduced
to size, i 11.--mildew in, 136.--from monasteries destroyed, 9.--
restoration when injured, 114.--restored after a fire, 15.--
scarce before printing, 2.--sold to a cobbler, 52, 149.--too tight
on shelves, 137.--their claims to be preserved, 151.--used to bake
"pyes," 10.--which scratch one another, 134.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: decision was virtually made already; "there's the corner room,
which we don't often use. Only, if he should get worse on our
hands--"
"Friend Speakman says there's no danger. He is only weak-breasted,
as yet, and clerking isn't good for him. I saw the young man at
the store. If his looks don't belie him, he's well-behaved and
orderly."
So it was settled that Richard Hilton the younger was to be an
inmate of Friend Mitchenor's house during the summer.
II.
At the end of ten days he came.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: more his than the bed is?--Well, this:
"Monsieur the Justice of the Peace, Monsieur the Police Officer," said
the Baron with some dignity, "be good enough to take proper care of
that unhappy woman, whose reason seems to me to be in danger.--You can
harangue me afterwards. The doors are locked, no doubt; you need not
fear that she will get away, or I either, seeing the costume we wear."
The two functionaries bowed to the magnate's injunctions.
"You, come here, miserable cur!" said Hulot in a low voice to
Marneffe, taking him by the arm and drawing him closer. "It is not I,
but you, who will be the murderer! You want to be head-clerk of your
room and officer of the Legion of Honor?"
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