| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: fortune. And let men beware, how they neglect
and suffer matter of trouble to be prepared; for no
man can forbid the spark, nor tell whence it may
come. The difficulties in princes' business are many
and great; but the greatest difficulty, is often in
their own mind. For it is common with princes
(saith Tacitus) to will contradictories, Sunt pler-
umque regum voluntates vehementes, et inter se
contrariae. For it is the solecism of power, to think
to command the end, and yet not to endure the
mean.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: invited . . . I may tell you candidly that the place is not in
Shropshire.
ALGERNON. I suspected that, my dear fellow! I have Bunburyed all
over Shropshire on two separate occasions. Now, go on. Why are
you Ernest in town and Jack in the country?
JACK. My dear Algy, I don't know whether you will be able to
understand my real motives. You are hardly serious enough. When
one is placed in the position of guardian, one has to adopt a very
high moral tone on all subjects. It's one's duty to do so. And as
a high moral tone can hardly be said to conduce very much to either
one's health or one's happiness, in order to get up to town I have
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: constitutional malady."
As she spoke in a low and confidential tone, Lord Menteith
naturally drew close, and stooped forward, that he might the
better catch the sense of what she said. When Allan suddenly
entered the apartment, they as naturally drew back from each
other with a manner expressive of consciousness, as if surprised
in a conversation which they wished to keep secret from him.
This did not escape Allan's observation; he stopt short at the
door of the apartment--his brows were contracted--his eyes
rolled; but it was only the paroxysm of a moment. He passed his
broad sinewy hand across his brow, as if to obliterate these
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