| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: his approval by a glance. Lechesneau left the justice of peace and
returned to the stables.
"Monsieur," said Madame d'Hauteserre, at last, addressing Pigoult;
"can you explain these arrests?"
"The gentlemen are accused of abducting the senator by armed force and
keeping him a prisoner; for we do not think they have murdered him--in
spite of appearances," replied Pigoult.
"What penalties are attached to the crime?" asked Monsieur
d'Hauteserre.
"Well, as the old law continues in force, and they are not amenable
under the Code, the penalty is death," replied the justice.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: single glance.
Having satisfied his curiosity without attempting to alight, he turned
to the southeast and followed the peninsula as far as Palo Alto, where
he viewed the magnificent buildings of the university. Changing his
course to the east, he soon reached Mount Hamilton, and, being
attracted by the great tower of the Lick Observatory, he hovered over
it until he found he had attracted the excited gaze of the inhabitants,
who doubtless observed him very plainly through the big telescope.
But so unreal and seemingly impossible was the sight witnessed by the
learned astronomers that they have never ventured to make the incident
public, although long after the boy had darted away into the east they
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: What is the trust or strength of foolish man?
They that of late were daring with their scoffs
Are glad and fain by flight to save themselves.
[Bedford dies, and is carried in by two in his chair.]
[An alarum. Re-enter Talbot, Burgundy, and the rest.]
TALBOT.
Lost, and recover'd in a day again!
This is a double honor, Burgundy:
Yet heavens have glory for this victory!
BURGUNDY.
Warlike and martial Talbot, Burgundy
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