| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: the suspicion soon became a certainty. They posted themselves beneath
the porte-cochere, gun in hand, intending to kill Malin as soon as he
made his appearance; but the countess lost her head; she imagined her
house in ashes and her daughter assassinated, and she blamed the young
men for their heroic defence and compelled them to desist. It was
Laurence who opened the door slightly when Malin summoned the
household to admit him. Seeing her, the representative relied upon the
awe he expected to inspire in a mere child, and he entered the house.
To his first words of inquiry as to why the family were making such a
resistance, the girl replied: "If you really desire to give liberty to
France how is it that you do not protect us in our homes? They are
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Poems by Oscar Wilde: And flaps his wings, and stretches back his neck,
And hoots to see the moon; across the meads
Limps the poor frightened hare, a little speck;
And a stray seamew with its fretful cry
Flits like a sudden drift of snow against the dull grey sky.
Full winter: and the lusty goodman brings
His load of faggots from the chilly byre,
And stamps his feet upon the hearth, and flings
The sappy billets on the waning fire,
And laughs to see the sudden lightening scare
His children at their play, and yet, - the spring is in the air;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac: breast, bowed his head upon it, gazing gloomily on the ground. At this
instant the turnkey came to ask me to return to my room. Grieved to
leave my companion at a moment when his discouragement was so deep, I
pressed him in my arms with friendship, saying:--
"Have patience; all may yet go well. If the voice of an honest man can
still your doubts, believe that I esteem you and trust you. Accept my
friendship, and rest upon my heart, if you cannot find peace in your
own."
The next morning a corporal's guard came to fetch the young surgeon at
nine o'clock. Hearing the noise made by the soldiers, I stationed
myself at my window. As the prisoner crossed the courtyard, he cast
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