| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin: his eyebrows without any corresponding emotion, and this gave
to him a foolish appearance; so it is with some persons who keep
the corners of their mouths a little drawn backwards and upwards,
as if by an incipient smile, though at the time they are not
amused or pleased.
[14] Brehm, `Thierleben,' B. i. s. 84. On baboons striking
the ground, s. 61.
A young orang, made jealous by her keeper attending to another monkey,
slightly uncovered her teeth, and, uttering a peevish noise like _tish-shist_,
turned her back on him. Both orangs and chimpanzees, when a little
more angered, protrude their lips greatly, and make a harsh barking noise.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: said Mrs. Bread.
"What's that?"
"I needn't tell you that, sir; I don't think you would believe it.
At any rate it wouldn't please you."
"Oh, tell me nothing but what will please me," laughed Newman.
"That is the way you began."
"Well, sir, I suppose you won't be vexed to hear that the sooner
everything is over the better."
"The sooner we are married, you mean? The better for me, certainly."
"The better for every one."
"The better for you, perhaps. You know you are coming to live
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: was recollected. In some parts the water had come through the
boarding, and had discoloured the lining of green cloth, but
it was, nevertheless, in a good habitable condition. While
the seamen were employed in landing a stock of provisions, a
few of the artificers set to work with great eagerness to
sweep and clean the several apartments. The exterior of the
beacon was, in the meantime, examined, and found in perfect
order. The painting, though it had a somewhat blanched
appearance, adhered firmly both on the sides and roof, and
only two or three panes of glass were broken in the cupola,
which had either been blown out by the force of the wind, or
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