| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: ship of mine out in the Indian Ocean."
He remarked casually that from Bangkok to the
Indian Ocean was a pretty long step. And this
murmur, like a dim flash from a dark lantern,
showed me for a moment the broad belt of islands
and reefs between that unknown ship, which was
mine, and the freedom of the great waters of the
globe.
But I felt no apprehension. I was familiar
enough with the Archipelago by that time. Ex-
treme patience and extreme care would see me
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: sometimes alone, sometimes in groups. Their faces were
uncovered, but from time to time they threw a light veil
over their heads, and a gauze cloud passed over their bright
eyes as smoke over a starry sky. Some of these Persians
wore leathern belts embroidered with pearls, from which
hung little triangular bags. From these bags, embroidered
with golden filigree, they drew long narrow bands of scarlet
silk, on which were braided verses of the Koran. These
bands, which they held between them, formed a belt under
which the other dancers darted; and, as they passed each
verse, following the precept it contained, they either pros-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Man of Business by Honore de Balzac: francs was met by the amiable coach-builder; that old scoundrel
Denisart having recommended him to secure himself with a mortgage on
the reading-room.
" 'For my own part,' said Denisart, 'I have seen pretty doings from
pretty women. So in all cases, even when I have lost my head, I am
always on my guard with a woman. There is this creature, for instance;
I am madly in love with her; but this is not her furniture; no, it
belongs to me. The lease is taken out in my name.'
"You know Maxime! He thought the coach-builder uncommonly green.
Croizeau might pay all three bills, and get nothing for a long while;
for Maxime felt more infatuated with Antonia than ever."
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