| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac: of making some discovery or some improvement which would bring him a
rapid fortune. His apparent dulness was really caused by the continual
tension of his mind; he went over the history of Cephalic Oils and the
Paste of Sultans, lucifer matches and portable gas, jointed sockets
for hydrostatic lamps,--in short, all the infinitely little inventions
of material civilization which pay so well. He bore Bixiou's jests as
a busy man bears the buzzing of an insect; he was not even annoyed by
them. In spite of his cleverness, Bixiou never perceived the profound
contempt which Minard felt for him. Minard never dreamed of
quarrelling, however,--regarding it as a loss of time. After a while
his composure tired out his tormentor. He always breakfasted with his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: and a black alpaca, out at the elbows. He decided for the overcoat; it was
warm, certainly, but then he could carry it over his arm and only put it on
when he met some one along the road. It was more respectable than the
black alpaca.
He hung the greatcoat over the back of the chair, and stuffed a hard bit of
roaster-cake under the knot of the bundle, and then his preparations were
completed. The German stood contemplating them with much satisfaction. He
had almost forgotten his sorrow at leaving in his pleasure at preparing.
Suddenly he started; an expression of intense pain passed over his face.
He drew back his left arm quickly, and then pressed his right hand upon his
breast.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns
and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in
a desert place.
LUK 9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We
have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy
meat for all this people.
LUK 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his
disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
LUK 9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
LUK 9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking
up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to
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