| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: not without some misgivings in his ghostly bosom; but he was more
allured by the sweet savour of the good things of this world at
Arlingford Castle, than deterred by his awe of the lady Matilda,
which nevertheless was so excessive, from his recollection of the twang
of the bow-string, that he never ventured to find her in the wrong,
much less to enjoin any thing in the shape of penance, as was
the occasional practice of holy confessors, with or without cause,
for the sake of pious discipline, and what was in those days
called social order, namely, the preservation of the privileges
of the few who happened to have any, at the expense of the swinish
multitude who happened to have none, except that of working and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde: Pilar, was charming. The Infanta had never before seen this
wonderful ceremony which takes place every year at Maytime in front
of the high altar of the Virgin, and in her honour; and indeed none
of the royal family of Spain had entered the great cathedral of
Saragossa since a mad priest, supposed by many to have been in the
pay of Elizabeth of England, had tried to administer a poisoned
wafer to the Prince of the Asturias. So she had known only by
hearsay of 'Our Lady's Dance,' as it was called, and it certainly
was a beautiful sight. The boys wore old-fashioned court dresses
of white velvet, and their curious three-cornered hats were fringed
with silver and surmounted with huge plumes of ostrich feathers,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac: melancholy; she would turn away weeping, and wept long.
Thus the moral education of the young girl required no less care than
her physical education. The old physician had been compelled to cease
telling stories, such as all children love, to his daughter; the
impressions she received were too vivid. Wise through long practice,
he endeavored to develop her body in order to deaden the blows which a
soul so powerful gave to it. Gabrielle was all of life and love to her
father, his only heir, and never had he hesitated to procure for her
such things as might produce the results he aimed for. He carefully
removed from her knowledge books, pictures, music, all those creations
of art which awaken thought. Aided by his mother he interested
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