| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Poems by Oscar Wilde: And I remain unmoved - and yet, and yet,
These Christs that die upon the barricades,
God knows it I am with them, in some things.
Poem: Ave Imperatrix
Set in this stormy Northern sea,
Queen of these restless fields of tide,
England! what shall men say of thee,
Before whose feet the worlds divide?
The earth, a brittle globe of glass,
Lies in the hollow of thy hand,
And through its heart of crystal pass,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: Ann Veronica felt no repulsion at the prospect. That Mr. Manning
loved her presented itself to her bloodlessly, stilled from any
imaginative quiver or thrill of passion or disgust. The
relationship seemed to have almost as much to do with blood and
body as a mortgage. It was something that would create a mutual
claim, a relationship. It was in another world from that in
which men will die for a kiss, and touching hands lights fires
that burn up lives--the world of romance, the world of
passionately beautiful things.
But that other world, in spite of her resolute exclusion of it,
was always looking round corners and peeping through chinks and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: you know, you have to pass an examination at the city limits;
and when you come away they give you a kind of degree."
Lord Lambeth stared, blushing a little; and Percy Beaumont
stared a little also--but only with his fine natural complexion--
glancing aside after a moment to see that his companion was not looking
too credulous, for he had heard a great deal of American humor.
"I daresay it is very jolly," said the younger gentleman.
"I daresay it is," said Mr. Westgate. "Only I must impress
upon you that at present--tomorrow morning, at an early hour--
you will be expected at Newport. We have a house there;
half the people in New York go there for the summer.
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