| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Eve and David by Honore de Balzac: intelligence of the ox which painters give the Evangelist for
accompanying symbol, set himself to make the large fortune for which
he had wished that evening down by the Charente, when he sat with Eve
by the weir, and she gave him her hand and her heart. He wanted to
make the money quickly, and less for himself than for Eve's sake and
Lucien's. He would place his wife amid the elegant and comfortable
surroundings that were hers by right, and his strong arm should
sustain her brother's ambitions--this was the programme that he saw
before his eyes in letters of fire.
Journalism and politics, the immense development of the book trade, of
literature and of the sciences; the increase of public interest in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: He sought for utterance, and spluttered.
"The Bloody bullies!" he shouted. "The Bloody Bullies."
He ceased to weep. He became suddenly rapid and explanatory.
"It's not a fair game, George. They tire you out. And I'm not
well. My stomach's all wrong. And I been and got a cold. I
always been li'ble to cold, and this one's on my chest. And then
they tell you to speak up. They bait you--and bait you, and bait
you. It's torture. The strain of it. You can't remember what
you said. You're bound to contradict yourself. It's like
Russia, George.... It isn't fair play.... Prominent man. I've
been next at dinners with that chap, Neal; I've told him
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde: Ring of Riches. It is but a day's journey from this place, and it
waits for thy coming. He who has this Ring is richer than all the
kings of the world. Come therefore and take it, and the world's
riches shall be thine.'
But the young Fisherman laughed. 'Love is better than Riches,' he
cried, 'and the little Mermaid loves me.'
'Nay, but there is nothing better than Riches,' said the Soul.
'Love is better,' answered the young Fisherman, and he plunged into
the deep, and the Soul went weeping away over the marshes.
And after the third year was over, the Soul came down to the shore
of the sea, and called to the young Fisherman, and he rose out of
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