| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac: everywhere. These semi-learned observations will serve, perhaps, to
vindicate the truth of this study, certain details of which may
frighten the perfected morals of our age, which are, as everybody
knows, a trifle straitlaced.
At the moment when the chanting ceased and the last notes of the
organ, mingling with the vibrations of the loud "A-men" as it issued
from the strong chests of the intoning clergy, sent a murmuring echo
through the distant arches, and the hushed assembly were awaiting the
beneficent words of the archbishop, a burgher, impatient to get home,
or fearing for his purse in the tumult of the crowd when the
worshippers dispersed, slipped quietly away, at the risk of being
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: as a provisional sign. It's the best I can do, unfortunately. I am
not a travelling magician.. .. Be very careful not to drop it. It's
somewhat heavy."
Maskull took the lens in his hand, struggled with it for a minute,
and then looked at Krag in amazement. The little object weighed at
least twenty pounds, though it was not much bigger than a crown
piece.
"What stuff can this be, Krag?"
"Look through it, my good friend. That's what I gave it to you for."
Maskull held it up with difficulty, directed it toward the gleaming
Arcturus, and snatched as long and as steady a glance at the star as
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: veux parler.
SALOME. Je suis Salome, fille d'Herodias, princesse de Judee.
IOKANAAN. Arriere! Fille de Babylone! N'approchez pas de l'elu du
Seigneur. Ta mere a rempli la terre du vin de ses iniquites, et le
cri de ses peches est arrive aux oreilles de Dieu.
SALOME. Parle encore, Iokanaan. Ta voix m'enivre.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Princesse! Princesse! Princesse!
SALOME. Mais parle encore. Parle encore, Iokanaan, et dis-moi ce
qu'il faut que je fasse.
IOKANAAN. Ne m'approchez pas, fille de Sodome, mais couvrez votre
visage avec un voile, et mettez des cendres sur votre tete, et allez
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