| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: found himself restrained by society, also by the barrier which the
manners and, let us say the word, the majesty of the princess placed
between them. The conversation, which remained upon the topic of
Michel Chrestien until the dessert, was an excellent pretext for both
to speak in a low voice: love, sympathy, comprehension! she could pose
as a maligned and misunderstood woman; he could slip his feet into the
shoes of the dead republican. Perhaps his candid mind detected itself
in regretting his dead friend less. The princess, at the moment when
the dessert appeared upon the table, and the guests were separated by
a brilliant hedge of fruits and sweetmeats, thought best to put an end
to this flow of confidences by a charming little speech, in which she
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: "Brick? She's more than a brick, more than a thousand bricks -
she's a reptile!"
"It's a compliment out of your heart, Shekels. God bless you for
it!"
CHAPTER X - GENERAL ALISON AND DORCAS
"Too much company for her, Marse Tom. Betwixt you, and Shekels,
the Colonel's wife, and the Cid - "
"The Cid? Oh, I remember - the raven."
" - and Mrs. Captain Marsh and Famine and Pestilence the baby
COYOTES, and Sour-Mash and her pups, and Sardanapalus and her
kittens - hang these names she gives the creatures, they warp my
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: mean by {tou autou genous}?
IV
In the first place, this true type of hound should be of large build;
and, in the next place, furnished with a light small head, broad and
flat in the snout,[1] well knit and sinewy, the lower part of the
forehead puckered into strong wrinkles; eyes set well up[2] in the
head, black and bright; forehead large and broad; the depression
between the eyes pronounced;[3] ears long[4] and thin, without hair on
the under side; neck long and flexible, freely moving on its pivot;[5]
chest broad and fairly fleshy; shoulder-blades detached a little from
the shoulders;[6] the shin-bones of the fore-legs should be small,
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