| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac: hoped to fascinate.
M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black
--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of
those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial
examination. Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required
by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care
of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing
himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands. His
trousers, always threadbare, looked like camlet--the stuff of which
attorneys' gowns are made; and his habitual stoop set them, in time,
in such innumerable creases, that in places they were traced with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: danger could not be considered completely over with.
In these few days of comparative leisure Orde had time to look about
him and to receive news. The jam had been successfully held at the
iron railroad bridge above Redding; but only by the most strenuous
efforts. Braces of oak beams had been slanted where they would do
the most good; chains strengthened the weaker spots; and on top of
all ton after ton of railroad iron held the whole immovably. Nolan
had enjoyed the advantage of a "floating" jam; of convenient
facilities incident to a large city; and of an aroused public
sentiment that proffered him all the help he could use. Monrovia,
little village that it was, had not grasped the situation. Redding
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: Again Alfred paced up and down the room, and again Jimmy tried to
think of some way to escape from his present difficulty. It was
quite apparent that his only hope lay not in his own candor, but
in Alfred's absence. "How long do you expect to be away?" he
asked.
"Only until I hear from Henri," said Alfred.
"Henri?" repeated Jimmy and again a gleam of hope shone on his
dull features. He had heard that waiters were often to be
bribed. "Nice fellow, Henri," he ventured cautiously. "Gets a
large salary, no doubt?"
"Does he!" exclaimed Alfred, with a certain pride of
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