| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: Cabirolos, where we shall play cards, and you'll see the elite of the
women of fashion. Therefore, gentleman of the lower courts," he added,
with notarial assumption, "you will have to behave yourselves, and
carry your wine like the seigneurs of the Regency."
"Hurrah!" cried the office like one man. "Bravo! very well! vivat!
Long live the Marests!"
"What's all this about?" asked Desroches, coming out from his private
office. "Ah! is that you, Georges? I know what you are after; you want
to demoralize my clerks."
So saying, he withdrew into his own room, calling Oscar after him.
"Here," he said, opening his cash-box, "are five hundred francs. Go to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: cost, and the pains and labor of his own men, provided for our
security. As much of this wall as is built will prevent them from
surrounding us with their multitude, the gap yet left will be
sufficient for us to sally out by; now play the man, and follow the
example the Greeks will give you, and by fighting valiantly, save
yourself and your army; their front will not be able to stand
against us, and their rear we are sufficiently secured from, by a
wall of their own making." Nectanabis, admiring the sagacity of
Agesilaus, immediately placed himself in the middle of the Greek
troops, and fought with them; and upon the first charge soon routed
the enemy. Agesilaus having now gained credit with the king,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pierrette by Honore de Balzac: guardian and his sister:
"We, president of the court of Provins, passing upon the said
petition, order that until the Family Council is held the minor
Lorrain is not to be returned to the household of her said
guardian, but shall be kept in that of her surrogate-guardian.
"And further, considering the state in which the said minor now
is, and the traces of violence which, according to the report of
the physicians, are now upon her person, we commission the
attending physician and the surgeon in charge of the hospital of
Provins to visit her, and in case the injuries from the said
assault become alarming, the matter will be held to await the
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