| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: For a moment she hesitated. Then she spoke slowly:
"Was it the Carlton you said?"
An hour later I stood once more at a taxi's door. Our luncheon
was over, and I was saying farewell.
"You've been awfully kind," said the girl.
"Good-bye," said I. "I shall look forward to you at White
Ladies."
"And to the spring."
I bowed.
"My dear, the terms are synonymous."
The smile deepened.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac: Addressed to Cerizet the word had an aggressive air, which, in fact,
was noticeable since the beginning of the dinner in the whole manner
and conversation of the barrister. But it did not suit the purpose of
the negotiator to resent it.
"No," he replied, "our nose is as well made as our foot and our waist;
but we may, perhaps, have a slight touch of hysteria."
"Oh! very good," said la Peyrade; "and as from hysteria to insanity
there is but a step--"
"Well, yes," interrupted Cerizet, hastily, "sorrows have affected our
brain slightly; but the doctors are unanimous in their diagnosis; they
all say that after the birth of the first child not a trace will
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: upon the crest. For everywhere upon the icy pinnacles are
observation posts directing the fire of the big guns on the
slopes below, or machine-gun stations, or little garrisons that
sit and wait through the bleak days. Often they have no link
with the world below but a precipitous climb or a "teleferic"
wire. Snow and frost may cut them off absolutely for weeks from
the rest of mankind. The sick and wounded must begin their
journey down to help and comfort in a giddy basket that swings
down to the head of the mule track below.
Originally all these crests were in Austrian hands; they were
stormed by the Alpini under almost incredible conditions. For
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