| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Christ in Flanders by Honore de Balzac: folk, moreover, whose lives were spent in the open air, had all seen
the warnings of danger in the sky, and their faces were grave. The
young mother rocked her child, singing an old hymn of the Church for a
lullaby.
"If we ever get there at all," the soldier remarked to the peasant,
"it will be because the Almighty is bent on keeping us alive."
"Ah! He is the Master," said the old woman, "but I think it will be
His good pleasure to take us to Himself. Just look at that light down
there . . ." and she nodded her head as she spoke towards the sunset.
Streaks of fiery red glared from behind the masses of crimson-flushed
brown cloud that seemed about to unloose a furious gale. There was a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: He had quite forgotten that Gordon was jealous of him--
which he was not, as Bernard said. Certainly, Gordon showed
nothing of it now, and nothing could have been more friendly than
their parting. Gordon, also, for a man who was never boisterous,
seemed very contented. He was fond of exercising hospitality,
and he confessed to Bernard that he was just now in the humor
for having his house full of people. Fortune continued
to gratify this generous taste; for just as Bernard was coming
away another guest made his appearance. The new-comer was none
other than the Honourable Augustus Lovelock, who had just arrived
in New York, and who, as he added, had long desired to visit
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: "Arne Saknussemm!" replied the Rejkiavik professor. "You mean that
learned sixteenth century savant, a naturalist, a chemist, and a
traveller?"
"Just so!"
"One of the glories of Icelandic literature and science?"
"That's the man."
"An illustrious man anywhere!"
"Quite so."
"And whose courage was equal to his genius!"
"I see that you know him well."
My uncle was bathed in delight at hearing his hero thus described. He
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