| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: to the city, she came upon him, alone. She had wandered off to the
Brandywine, to gather ferns at a rocky point where some choice
varieties were to be found. There were a few charming clumps,
half-way up a slaty cliff, which it did not seem possible to scale,
and she was standing at the base, looking up in vain longing, when
a voice, almost at her ear, said:
"Which ones do you want?"
Afterwards, she wondered that she did not start at the voice.
Leonard had come up the road from one of the lower fields: he wore
neither coat nor waistcoat, and his shirt, open at the throat,
showed the firm, beautiful white of the flesh below the strong tan
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: friends!"
Her glance and accent so plainly included Rosedale in this
privileged circle that his small eyes puckered with
gratification, and a knowing smile drew up his moustache.
"By Jove, you needn't be!" he declared. "You could give 'em the
whole outfit and win at a canter!"
"Ah, that's nice of you; and it would be nicer still if you would
carry me off to a quiet corner, and get me a glass of lemonade or
some innocent drink before we all have to rush for the train."
She turned away as she spoke, letting him strut at her side
through the gathering groups on the terrace, while every nerve in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: to imitate them.
[7] See Plut. "Lycurg." 1.
XI
The above form a common stock of blessings, open to every Spartan to
enjoy, alike in peace and in war. But if any one desires to be
informed in what way the legislator improved upon the ordinary
machinery of warfare and in reference to an army in the field, it is
easy to satisfy his curiosity.
In the first instance, the ephors announce by proclamation the limit
of age to which the service applies[1] for cavalry and heavy infantry;
and in the next place, for the various handicraftsmen. So that, even
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