| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: another, and instituted the lines of coaches called the "turgotines,"
all the old vehicles of the former company flocked into the provinces.
One of these shabby coaches was now plying between Mayenne and
Fougeres. A few objectors called it the "turgotine," partly to mimic
Paris and partly to deride a minister who attempted innovations. This
turgotine was a wretched cabriolet on two high wheels, in the depths
of which two persons, if rather fat, could with difficulty have stowed
themselves. The narrow quarters of this rickety machine not admitting
of any crowding, and the box which formed the seat being kept
exclusively for the postal service, the travellers who had any baggage
were forced to keep it between their legs, already tortured by being
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: doesnt strike me as a particularly able person.
FRANK. Well, you know, the old man is not altogether such a fool
as he looks. You see, he was shoved into the Church, rather; and
in trying to live up to it he makes a much bigger ass of himself
than he really is. I dont dislike him as much as you might
expect. He means well. How do you think youll get on with him?
VIVIE [rather grimly] I dont think my future life will be much
concerned with him, or with any of that old circle of my
mother's, except perhaps Praed. [She sits down on the settle]
What do you think of my mother?
FRANK. Really and truly?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: pan or a tea-kettle."
"Kind of think we were wrong in letting her go, then?"
"Not a bit of it. So help me, Dick, she'd 'a' made this tent a
hell for the rest of the trip if we hadn't. Trouble with her
she's got too much spirit. This'll tone it down a bit."
"Yes," Dick admitted, "she's too ambitious. But then Molly's all
right. A cussed little fool to tackle a trip like this, but a
plucky sight better than those pick-me-up-and-carry-me kind of
women. She's the stock that carried you and me, Tommy, and you've
got to make allowance for the spirit. Takes a woman to breed a
man. You can't suck manhood from the dugs of a creature whose
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