| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: opinions do not give talent, they always spoil what talent there is;
and the poor fellow whom you have just seen is a proof thereof. An
artist's opinion ought to be: Faith in his art, in his work; and his
only way of success is toil when nature has given him the sacred
fire."
"Let us get away," said Bixiou. "Leon is beginning to moralize."
"But that man was sincere," said Gazonal, still stupefied.
"Perfectly sincere," replied Bixiou; "as sincere as the king of
barbers just now."
"He is mad!" repeated Gazonal.
"And he is not the first man driven man by Fourier's ideas," said
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dreams & Dust by Don Marquis: The world holds hate in fee--
For Socrates, the hemlock cup;
For Christ, Gethsemane.
IN MARS, WHAT AVATAR?
"In Vishnu-land, what avatar?"
--BROWNING.
PERCHANCE the dying gods of Earth
Are destined to another birth,
And worn-out creeds regain their worth
In the kindly air of other stars--
What lords of life and light hold sway
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: supper-table and looked out of the door. He saw two tall Indians pacing to and
fro under the maples. It was still early twilight and light enough to see
clearly. One Indian was almost naked; the lithe, graceful symmetry of his dark
figure standing out in sharp contrast to the gaunt, gaudily-costumed form of
the other.
"Silvertip! Girty!" exclaimed Jim, in a low voice.
"Girty I knew, of course; but I was not sure the other was the Shawnee who
captured you and your brother," replied Heckewelder, drawing Jim into another
room.
"What do they mean by loitering around the village? Inquired Jim,
apprehensively. Whenever he heard Girty's name mentioned, or even thought of
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