| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac: assemblage; but the coarse salt of his witticisms had an effect, in
the atmosphere in which he produced them, of a loud laugh in a sick-
chamber; and a mute intimation from his wife, Thuillier, and la
Peyrade to BEHAVE HIMSELF put a stopper on his liveliness and
turbulent expansion. It was somewhat remarkable that the gravest
member of the party, aided by Rabourdin, was the person who finally
warmed up the atmosphere. The Abbe Gondrin, a man of a most refined
and cultivated mind, had, like every pure and well-ordered soul, a
fund of gentle gaiety which he was well able to communicate, and
liveliness was beginning to dawn upon the party when Minard entered
the room.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: of a Woozy's tail, and a drop of oil from a live
man's body."
Ojo looked grave at this.
"What is a Woozy, please?" he inquired.
"Some sort of an animal. I've never seen one,
so I can't describe it," replied the Magician.
"If I can find a Woozy, I'll get the hairs from
its tail," said Ojo. "But is there ever any oil in a
man's body?"
The Magician looked in the book again, to make
sure.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: old Dr. Watts or St. Paul or some other diagnostician says: 'He always
finds somebody for idle hands to do.'
"I remember one summer when me and my partner, Andy Tucker, tried to
take a layoff from our professional and business duties; but it seems
that our work followed us wherever we went.
"Now, with a preacher it's different. He can throw off his
responsibilities and enjoy himself. On the 31st of May he wraps
mosquito netting and tin foil around the pulpit, grabs his niblick,
breviary and fishing pole and hikes for Lake Como or Atlantic City
according to the size of the loudness with which he has been called by
his congregation. And, sir, for three months he don't have to think
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