| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: accumulation of which swelled his library. The newspapers,
encyclopaedias, and books were an attraction to a retired captain of
the Royal-Swedish regiment, named Monsieur de Jordy, a Voltairean
nobleman and an old bachelor, who lived on sixteen hundred francs of
pension and annuity combined. Having read the gazettes for several
days, by favor of the abbe, Monsieur de Jordy thought it proper to
call and thank the doctor in person. At this first visit the old
captain, formerly a professor at the Military Academy, won the
doctor's heart, who returned the call with alacrity. Monsieur de
Jordy, a spare little man much troubled by his blood, though his face
was very pale, attracted attention by the resemblance of his handsome
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: KING EDWARD.
Huntsman, what say'st thou? wilt thou go along?
HUNTSMAN.
Better do so than tarry and be hang'd.
GLOSTER.
Come then; away! let's have no more ado.
KING EDWARD.
Bishop, farewell; shield thee from Warwick's frown,
And pray that I may repossess the crown.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE VI. London. The Tower
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: only just where they were standing. Suddenly Jack Ryan uttered a cry.
"Look there, there!"
His finger was pointing to a tolerably bright light, which was
moving about in the distance. "After that light, my men!"
exclaimed Sir William.
"It's a goblin light!" said Ryan. "So what's the use?
We shall never catch it."
The president and his men, little given to superstition,
darted off in the direction of the moving light. Jack Ryan,
bravely following their example, quickly overtook the head-most
of the party.
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