| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Purse by Honore de Balzac: felt his waistcoat, and said, "I must have made a mistake. I have
it somewhere no doubt."
In one end of the purse there were fifteen louis d'or, and in the
other some small change. The theft was so flagrant, and denied
with such effrontery, that Hippolyte no longer felt a doubt as to
his neighbors' morals. He stood still on the stairs, and got down
with some difficulty; his knees shook, he felt dizzy, he was in a
cold sweat, he shivered, and found himself unable to walk,
struggling, as he was, with the agonizing shock caused by the
destruction of all his hopes. And at this moment he found lurking
in his memory a number of observations, trifling in themselves,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: crossing to them with an exaggerated bow.
I could see Harry cocking his ear to catch the tone of my
first words, and when he heard their friendliness a grin
overspread
his face. He took his hand from Le Mire's shoulder and held it
out
to me.
"How did you come here? How did you find us?"
"You forgot to provide Le Mire with a veil," said I by way of
answer.
Harry looked at me, then at his companion. "Of course," he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Charmides by Plato: good?
That appears to me to be as you say.
And the inference is that temperance cannot be modesty--if temperance is a
good, and if modesty is as much an evil as a good?
All that, Socrates, appears to me to be true; but I should like to know
what you think about another definition of temperance, which I just now
remember to have heard from some one, who said, 'That temperance is doing
our own business.' Was he right who affirmed that?
You monster! I said; this is what Critias, or some philosopher has told
you.
Some one else, then, said Critias; for certainly I have not.
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