| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: was not folly but wisdom; wisdom sound, serene, well-directed.
What he felt was an intense, all-consuming tenderness,
which had for its object an extraordinarily graceful
and delicate, and at the same time impressive, woman who
lived in a large gray house on the left bank of the Seine.
This tenderness turned very often into a positive heart-ache;
a sign in which, certainly, Newman ought to have read
the appellation which science has conferred upon his sentiment.
When the heart has a heavy weight upon it, it hardly matters
whether the weight be of gold or of lead; when, at any rate,
happiness passes into that place in which it becomes identical
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: couple of bottles of champagne; that means twelve francs! I shall
never see the money back again, I know! But if M. Eugene has a
mind to pay for it, I have some currant cordial."
"That currant cordial of hers is as bad as a black draught,"
muttered the medical student.
"Shut up, Bianchon," exclaimed Rastignac; "the very mention of
black draught makes me feel----. Yes, champagne, by all means; I
will pay for it," he added.
"Sylvie," called Mme. Vauquer, "bring in some biscuits, and the
little cakes."
"Those little cakes are mouldy graybeards," said Vautrin. "But
Father Goriot |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac: "Here we are!" said one of the gendarmes, as they entered Monsieur
Hochon's hall, "and not without difficulty, lieutenant."
"We must now manage to disperse the crowd; and I see but one way,
gentlemen," said the lieutenant to the magistrates. "We must take
Monsieur Bridau to the Palais accompanied by all of you; I and my
gendarmes will make a circle round you. One can't answer for anything
in presence of a furious crowd of six thousand--"
"You are right," said Monsieur Hochon, who was trembling all the while
for his gold.
"If that's your only way to protect innocence in Issoudun," said
Joseph, "I congratulate you. I came near being stoned--"
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