| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: times, which unfortunately both pointed to the same hour.
When it struck half past ten, I said to myself that it was time
to go.
I lived at that time in the Rue de Provence; I followed the Rue
du Mont-Blanc, crossed the Boulevard, went up the Rue
Louis-le-Grand, the Rue de Port-Mahon, and the Rue d'Antin. I
looked up at Marguerite's windows. There was a light. I rang. I
asked the porter if Mlle. Gautier was at home. He replied that
she never came in before eleven or a quarter past eleven. I
looked at my watch. I intended to come quite slowly, and I had
come in five minutes from the Rue de Provence to the Rue d'Antin.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: pas le nier.
HERODIAS. Ces gens-le sont fous. Ils ont trop regarde la lune.
Dites-leur de se taire.
HERODE. Qu'est-ce que c'est que cela, le miracle de la fille de
Jaire?
LE PREMIER NAZAREEN. La fille de Jaire etait morte. Il l'a
ressuscitee.
HERODE. Il ressuscite les morts?
LE PREMIER NAZAREEN. Oui, Seigneur. Il ressuscite les morts.
HERODE. Je ne veux pas qu'il fasse cela. Je lui defends de faire
cela. Je ne permets pas qu'on ressuscite les morts. Il faut
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The War in the Air by H. G. Wells: train, to toil, and ebb home again between the hours of five and
seven. It was dangerous not to wear a war button. The splendid
music-halls of the time sank every topic in patriotism and
evolved scenes of wild enthusiasm, strong men wept at the sight
of the national banner sustained by the whole strength of the
ballet, and special searchlights and illuminations amazed the
watching angels. The churches re-echoed the national enthusiasm
in graver key and slower measure, and the aerial and naval
preparations on the East River were greatly incommoded by the
multitude of excursion steamers which thronged, helpfully
cheering, about them. The trade in small-arms was enormously
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