| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: And, for an entrance to my entertainment,
I do present you with a man of mine,
[Presenting HORTENSIO.]
Cunning in music and the mathematics,
To instruct her fully in those sciences,
Whereof I know she is not ignorant.
Accept of him, or else you do me wrong:
His name is Licio, born in Mantua.
BAPTISTA.
You're welcome, sir, and he for your good sake;
But for my daughter Katherine, this I know,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: him fifty miles and he won't turn a hair. He takes mighty good care of
him and wouldn't sell him at any price."
"What does the horse look like?"
"He's brown, turning rather to black; white stockings above the hoofs,
thin, all nerves like an Arab."
"Did you ever see an Arab?"
"In Egypt--last year. I've ridden the horses of the mamelukes. We have
to serve twelve years in the cavalry, and I was on the Rhine under
General Steingel, after that in Italy, and then I followed the First
Consul to Egypt. I'll be a corporal soon."
"When I get to Michu's house go to the stable; if you have served
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Crito by Plato: with amazement your peaceful slumbers; and for that reason I did not awake
you, because I wished to minimize the pain. I have always thought you to
be of a happy disposition; but never did I see anything like the easy,
tranquil manner in which you bear this calamity.
SOCRATES: Why, Crito, when a man has reached my age he ought not to be
repining at the approach of death.
CRITO: And yet other old men find themselves in similar misfortunes, and
age does not prevent them from repining.
SOCRATES: That is true. But you have not told me why you come at this
early hour.
CRITO: I come to bring you a message which is sad and painful; not, as I
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