| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Enoch Arden, &c. by Alfred Tennyson: Among the honest shoulders of the crowd,
Read rascal in the motions of his back,
And scoundrel in the supple-sliding knee.'
`Was he so bound, poor soul?' said the good wife;
`So are we all: but do not call him, love,
Before you prove him, rogue, and proved, forgive.
His gain is loss; for he that wrongs his friend
Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about
A silent court of justice in his breast,
Himself the judge and jury, and himself
The prisoner at the bar, ever condemn'd:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: HERODIAS. Je ne veux pas qu'elle danse.
SALOME. Je n'ai aucune envie de danser, tetrarque.
HERODE. Salome, fille d'Herodias, dansez pour moi.
HERODIAS. Laissez la tranquille.
HERODE. Je vous ordonne de danser, Salome.
SALOME. Je ne danserai pas, tetrarque.
HERODIAS [riant] Voile comme elle vous obeit!
HERODE. Qu'est-ce que cela me fait qu'elle danse ou non? Cela ne
me fait rien. Je suis heureux ce soir. Je suis tres heureux.
Jamais je n'ai ete si heureux.
LE PREMIER SOLDAT. Il a l'air sombre, le tetrarque. N'est-ce pas
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: slippers, you know. You couldn't imagine a fairy wearing boots,
could you? Especially with copper toes? We are going to
decorate the hall with creeping spruce and fir mottoes with pink
tissue-paper roses in them. And we are all to march in two by
two after the audience is seated, while Emma White plays a march
on the organ. Oh, Marilla, I know you are not so enthusiastic
about it as I am, but don't you hope your little Anne will
distinguish herself?"
"All I hope is that you'll behave yourself. I'll be heartily
glad when all this fuss is over and you'll be able to settle
down. You are simply good for nothing just now with your head
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