The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: "There is nothing to prevent it, madame," replied the young man.
Every eye was on Emilie, who was gazing with uneasy curiosity at the
fascinating stranger. She breathed more freely when he added, not
without a smile, "I have not the honor of belonging to the medical
profession; and I even gave up going into the Engineers in order to
preserve my independence."
"And you did well," said the Count. "But how can you regard it as an
honor to be a doctor?" added the Breton nobleman. "Ah, my young
friend, such a man as you----"
"Monsieur le Comte, I respect every profession that has a useful
purpose."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: with bare sabers and long pistols, and, as they executed
dances, they made the air re-echo with the sudden detona-
tions of their firearms, which immediately set going the
rumbling of the tambourines, and grumblings of the daires,
and the gnashing of doutares.
Their arms, covered with a colored powder of some
metallic ingredient, after the Chinese fashion, threw long
jets -- red, green, and blue -- so that the groups of dancers
seemed to be in the midst of fireworks. In some respects,
this performance recalled the military dance of the ancients,
in the midst of naked swords; but this Tartar dance was
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Besides, Mike Scully, whom he consulted, advised him that
something might "turn up" before long.
Jurgis got himself a place in a boardinghouse with some congenial
friends. He had already inquired of Aniele, and learned that
Elzbieta and her family had gone downtown, and so he gave no
further thought to them. He went with a new set, now, young
unmarried fellows who were "sporty." Jurgis had long ago cast off
his fertilizer clothing, and since going into politics he had
donned a linen collar and a greasy red necktie. He had some
reason for thinking of his dress, for he was making about eleven
dollars a week, and two-thirds of it he might spend upon his
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