| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac: and its magical effects to be convinced of its superiority over the
sites of all other royal residences.
Louis XI., now in the fifty-seventh year of his age, had scarcely more
than three years longer to live; already he felt the coming on of
death in the attacks of his mortal malady. Delivered from his enemies;
on the point of increasing the territory of France by the possessions
of the Dukes of Burgundy through the marriage of the Dauphin with
Marguerite, heiress of Burgundy (brought about by means of Desquerdes,
commander of his troops in Flanders); having established his authority
everywhere, and now meditating ameliorations in his kingdom of all
kinds, he saw time slipping past him rapidly with no further troubles
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: there, perhaps, when there was nothing else she could do, she
should get courage to drown herself in some pond like that in the
Scantlands. Yes, she would get away from Windsor as soon as
possible: she didn't like these people at the inn to know about
her, to know that she had come to look for Captain Donnithorne.
She must think of some reason to tell them why she had asked for
him.
With this thought she began to put the things back into her
pocket, meaning to get up and dress before the landlady came to
her. She had her hand on the red-leather case, when it occurred
to her that there might be something in this case which she had
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: porch. Madeline recognized Stillwell's tread, though it appeared
to be light for him. Then she heard him call softly in at the
open door of her office. The suggestion of caution in his voice
suited the strangeness of his walk. With a boding sense of
trouble she hurried through the rooms. He was standing outside
her office door.
"Stillwell!" she exclaimed.
"Anybody with you?" he asked, in a low tone.
"No."
"Please come out on the porch," he added.
She complied, and, once out, was enabled to see him. His grave
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