| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Clifford, I say, come forth and fight with me!
Proud northern lord, Clifford of Cumberland,
Warwick is hoarse with calling thee to arms.--
[Enter YORK.]
How now, my noble lord! what, all afoot?
YORK.
The deadly-handed Clifford slew my steed,
But match to match I have encount'red him,
And made a prey for carrion kites and crows
Even of the bonny beast he lov'd so well.
[Enter old CLIFFORD.]
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Study of a Woman by Honore de Balzac: the last seven years to the Marquis de Listomere, one of those
deputies who expect a peerage, she may also consider that such conduct
will promote the ambitions of her family. Some women are reserving
their opinion of her until the moment when Monsieur de Listomere
becomes a peer of France, when she herself will be thirty-six years of
age,--a period of life when most women discover that they are the
dupes of social laws.
The marquis is a rather insignificant man. He stands well at court;
his good qualities are as negative as his defects; the former can no
more make him a reputation for virtue than the latter can give him the
sort of glamor cast by vice. As deputy, he never speaks, but he votes
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: therefore, think that the choice of Pu I as Emperor, with Prince
Chun as Regent, whether by the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, or
both, was, all things considered, the best selection that could
have been made.
Prince Chun is the son of the Seventh Prince, the nephew of the
Emperor Hsien Feng and the Empress Dowager, and grandson of the
Emperor Tao Kuang. He has a fine face, clear eye, firm mouth,
with a tendency to reticence. He carries himself very straight,
and while below the average in height, is every inch a prince. He
is dignified, intelligent, and, though not loquacious, never at a
loss for a topic of conversation. He is not inclined to small
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