| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: boats and steamers on the Neva.
CHAPTER XX.
MASLOVA'S APPEAL.
The next day Maslova's case was to be examined at the Senate, and
Nekhludoff and the advocate met at the majestic portal of the
building, where several carriages were waiting. Ascending the
magnificent and imposing staircase to the first floor, the
advocate, who knew all the ins and outs of the place, turned to
the left and entered through a door which had the date of the
introduction of the Code of Laws above it.
After taking off his overcoat in the first narrow room, he found
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: "Oh it's all over - she's for you, if you like."
"Ah much less!" said Paul. "She's not for a dingy little man of
letters; she's for the world, the bright rich world of bribes and
rewards. And the world will take hold of her - it will carry her
away."
"It will try - but it's just a case in which there may be a fight.
It would be worth fighting, for a man who had it in him, with youth
and talent on his side."
These words rang not a little in Paul Overt's consciousness - they
held him briefly silent. "It's a wonder she has remained as she
is; giving herself away so - with so much to give away."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: lapse from her good graces.[93]
[92] Lit. "as pander."
[93] So Critobulus in the conversation so often referred to. "Mem."
II. vi.
Never fear (he answered), if only people see your loyalty to virtue is
genuine,[94] not of mere repute. A false renown indeed is quickly seen
for what it is worth, being tested; but true courage[95] (save only
what some god hinder) perpetually amidst the storm and stress of
circumstance[96] pours forth a brighter glory.
[94] See "Mem." I. vii. 1, passim; II. vi. 39; "Econ." x. 9.
[95] Cf. Thuc. ii. 42, {andragathia}, "true courage in the public
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