| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: "That is usually the case, isn't it?
"Take plenty of milk, and don't smoke."
"These are days of fasting, and besides we
have no cow."
Once in spring he could not get any sleep; he
was longing to have a drink. There was nothing
in the house he could lay his hand on to take to
the public-house. He put on his cap and went
out. He walked along the street up to the house
where the priest and the deacon lived together.
The deacon's harrow stood outside leaning against
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: raison. Je suis sur qu'il a raison. Mais ce n'est pas le moment de
parler de ces choses. En ce moment-ci je veux etre heureux. Au
fait je le suis. Je suis tres heureux. Il n'y a rien qui me
manque.
HERODIAS. Je suis bien contente que vous soyez de si belle humeur,
ce soir. Ce n'est pas dans vos habitudes. Mais il est tard.
Rentrons. Vous n'oubliez pas qu'au lever du soleil nous allons tous
e la chasse. Aux ambassadeurs de Cesar il faut faire tout honneur,
n'est-ce pas?
LE SECOND SOLDAT. Comme il a l'air sombre, le tetrarque.
LE PREMIER SOLDAT. Oui, il a l'air sombre.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Massimilla Doni by Honore de Balzac: into his mistress' heart. She dies smiling on him; for she has saved
him.
"And she is a happy woman!" added the Duchess, looking at Emilio.
"He escapes and flies to command the Dalmatians, to conquer the
Illyrian coast for his beloved Venice. His glory wins him forgiveness,
and he enjoys a life of domestic happiness,--a home, a winter evening,
a young wife and charming children, who pray to San Marco under the
care of an old nurse. Yes, for three francs' worth of opium he
furnishes our empty arsenal, he watches convoys of merchandise coming
in, going to the four quarters of the world. The forces of modern
industry no longer reign in London, but in his own Venice, where the
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