| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: his name was soon pronounced with hatred and contempt by everyone,
and in a few months he was assassinated by his most trusted followers.
Several One Way Conversations
"Yes, they are shackles, but they are made of gold," said the man, as
he asked for another pair on his wrists and two more on his ankles.
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"You can see how great I am by observing what I have done," said the
chisel to the other tools, as they gazed upon the beautiful statue.
* * *
"My word is as good as my check," said the forger, as he handed over
partial payment and promised to pay the balance later.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Prince of Bohemia by Honore de Balzac: gallantry after the fashion of the Marechal de Richelieu, high spirits
and frolic carried rather too far; perhaps we may see in it the
/outrances/ of another age, the Eighteenth Century pushed to extremes;
it harks back to the Musketeers; it is an exploit stolen from
Champcenetz; nay, such light-hearted inconstancy takes us back to the
festooned and ornate period of the old court of the Valois. In an age
as moral as the present, we are bound to regard audacity of this kind
sternly; still, at the same time that 'cornet of sugar-plums' may
serve to warn young girls of the perils of lingering where fancies,
more charming than chastened, come thickly from the first; on the rosy
flowery unguarded slopes, where trespasses ripen into errors full of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: house?'
'His services.'
'Bah! I would tell you to keep your two pounds a week and your house.'
'Probably he would like to: but can't afford the luxury!'
'You, and RULE!' she said. 'You don't rule, don't flatter yourself. You
have only got more than your share of the money, and make people work
for you for two pounds a week, or threaten them with starvation. Rule!
What do you give forth of rule? Why, you re dried up! You only bully
with your money, like any Jew or any Schieber!'
'You are very elegant in your speech, Lady Chatterley!'
'I assure you, you were very elegant altogether out there in the wood.
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