| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: Davidson's wife. He even wondered to me: 'Fancy Mrs. Davidson
making a fuss to that extent. She didn't seem to me the sort of
woman that would know how to make a fuss about anything.'
"I wondered, too - but not so much. That bumpy forehead - eh? I
had always suspected her of being silly. And I observed that
Davidson must have been vexed by this display of wifely anxiety.
"My friend said: 'No. He seemed rather touched and distressed.
There really was no one he could ask to relieve him; mainly because
he intended to make a call in some God-forsaken creek, to look up a
fellow of the name of Bamtz who apparently had settled there.'
"And again my friend wondered. 'Tell me,' he cried, 'what
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: My dear?
The Return
He has come, he is here,
My love has come home,
The minutes are lighter
Than flying foam,
The hours are like dancers
On gold-slippered feet,
The days are young runners
Naked and fleet --
For my love has returned,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac: " 'That, moreover, every act of his life, besides the facts with
reference to the widow Jeanrenaud and the Baron Jeanrenaud, her son,
are those of a madman; that for nearly ten years he has given his
thoughts exclusively to China, its customs, manners, and history; that
he refers everything to a Chinese origin; that when he is questioned
on the subject, he confuses the events of the day and the business of
yesterday with facts relating to China; that he censures the acts of
the Government and the conduct of the King, though he is personally
much attached to him, by comparing them with the politics of China;
" 'That this monomania has driven the Marquis d'Espard to conduct
devoid of all sense: against the customs of men of rank, and, in
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