| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Facino Cane by Honore de Balzac: Prince of Varese."
"What, are you descended from the great /condottiere/ Facino Cane,
whose lands won by the sword were taken by the Dukes of Milan?"
"/E vero/," returned he. "His son's life was not safe under the
Visconti; he fled to Venice, and his name was inscribed on the Golden
Book. And now neither Cane or Golden Book are in existence." His
gesture startled me; it told of patriotism extinguished and weariness
of life.
"But if you were once a Venetian senator, you must have been a wealthy
man. How did you lose your fortune?"
"In evil days."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: There was nothing to do but find toe-holes in the crumbling
walls, and by bracing knees on one side, back against the
other, hold himself up Once with his eye there he did not care
what risk he ran. Longstreth appeared disturbed; he sat
stroking his mustache; his brow was clouded. Lawson's face
seemed darker, more sullen, yet lighted by some indomitable
resolve.
"We'll settle both deals to-night," Lawson was saying. "That's
what I came for."
"But suppose I don't choose to talk here?" protested
Longstreth, impatiently. "I never before made my house a place
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: toward Leroy. "I don't savvy. They ain't shooting at us."
"The sheriff," explained Leroy. "They forgot him, and he doubled
back on them."
"I'll bet Val got one of them," cried Neil, his face lighting.
"He's got one--or he's quit living. That's a sure thing. Why
don't you circle up on them from behind, York?"
"I hate to leave you, cap--and you so bad. Can't I do a thing for
you?"
Leroy smiled faintly. "Not a thing. I'll be right here when you
get back, York."
The curly-headed young puncher took Leroy's hand in his, gulping
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