| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: question--as a common interest for all mankind. And I find
myself up against a lot of men, subtle men, sharp men,
obstinate men, prejudiced men, able to get round me, able to
get over me, able to blockade me. . . . Clever men--yes, and
all of them ultimately damned--oh! utterly damned--fools.
Coal owners who think only of themselves, solicitors who
think backwards, politicians who think like a game of cat's-
cradle, not a gleam of generosity not a gleam."
"What particularly are you working for?" asked the doctor.
"I want to get the whole business of the world's fuel
discussed and reported upon as one affair so that some day it
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The House of Dust by Conrad Aiken: Tempests of music swept me: I was thinking
Of the gorgeous promise of certain nights:
Of the woman who suddenly smiled at me this day,
Smiled in a certain delicious sidelong way,
And turned, as she reached the door,
To smile once more . . .
Her hands are whiter than snow on midnight water.
Her throat is golden and full of golden laughter,
Her eyes are strange as the stealth of the moon
On a night in June . . .
She runs among whistling leaves; I hurry after;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy: your life.'
'I? I have lived a very nasty, horrible life, and now God is
punishing me as I deserve. I live so wretchedly, so wretchedly .
. .'
'How was it with your marriage? How did you live with your
husband?'
'It was all bad. I married because I fell in love in the
nastiest way. Papa did not approve. But I would not listen to
anything and just got married. Then instead of helping my
husband I tormented him by my jealousy, which I could not
restrain.'
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