| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: at the meeting he behaved with consummate bravery."
To avoid the recital of the second fine action, Madame de l'Estorade,
at the risk of impolitely cutting short a topic thus begun, rose, and
made an almost imperceptible sign to her husband that she wished to
go. But Monsieur de l'Estorade took advantage of its faintness to stay
where he was.
Monsieur de Ronquerolles continued:--
"His other fine action was to throw himself in front of some runaway
horses to save madame's daughter from imminent death."
All eyes turned on Madame de l'Estorade, who, this time, blushed
deeply; but recovering speech, if only in order to seem composed, she
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: He cried upon it at the merest loss,
And twice to-day pick'd out the dullest scent;
Trust me, I take him for the better dog.
LORD.
Thou art a fool: if Echo were as fleet,
I would esteem him worth a dozen such.
But sup them well, and look unto them all;
To-morrow I intend to hunt again.
FIRST HUNTSMAN.
I will, my lord.
LORD.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: [8] "Thanks to the blessing of a fatherland each citizen may spend his
days in peace and safety."
But for the tyrant it is again exactly the reverse.[9] Instead of
aiding or avenging their despotic lord, cities bestow large honours on
the slayer of a tyrant; ay, and in lieu of excommunicating the
tyrannicide from sacred shrines,[10] as is the case with murderers of
private citizens, they set up statues of the doers of such deeds[11]
in temples.
[9] "Matters are once more reversed precisely," "it is all 'topsy-
turvy.'"
[10] "And sacrifices." Cf. Dem. "c. Lept." 137, {en toinun tois peri
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