| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Second Home by Honore de Balzac: each side of it were the twisted branches of a pair of candle-
brackets, such as were made at the time of the Peace of Utrecht.
Against a panel opposite, young Granville saw an enormous crucifix of
ebony and ivory surrounded by a wreath of box that had been blessed.
Though there were three windows to the room, looking out on a country-
town garden, laid out in formal square beds edged with box, the room
was so dark that it was difficult to discern, on the wall opposite the
windows, three pictures of sacred subjects painted by a skilled hand,
and purchased, no doubt, during the Revolution by old Bontems, who, as
governor of the district, had never neglected his opportunities. From
the carefully polished floor to the green checked holland curtains
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson: Sings my heart aloud -
To the silver-bellied cloud,
To the silver rainy arrows.
It bears the song of the skylark down,
And it hears the singing of the town;
And youth on the highways
And lovers in byways
Follows and sees:
And hearkens the song of the leas
And sings the songs of the highways.
So when the earth is alive with gods,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: Building column of the Advocate-Times:
Ashtabula Street, 496--J. K. Dawson to
Thomas Mullally, April 17, 15.7 X 112.2,
mtg. $4000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nom
And this morning Babbitt was too disquieted to entertain her with items from
Mechanics' Liens, Mortgages Recorded, and Contracts Awarded. He rose. As he
looked at her his eyebrows seemed shaggier than usual. Suddenly:
"Yes, maybe--Kind of shame to not keep in touch with folks like the McKelveys.
We might try inviting them to dinner, some evening. Oh, thunder, let's not
waste our good time thinking about 'em! Our little bunch has a lot liver times
than all those plutes. Just compare a real human like you with these neurotic
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