| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: face. You know that I love you."
"My lofely Esther, mein anchel of lofe," said the banker, "do not
speak to me like dat. I tell you, I should not care ven all de vorld
took me for a tief, if you should tink me ein honest man.--I lofe you
every day more and more."
"That is my intention," said Esther. "And I will never again say
anything to distress you, my pet elephant, for you are grown as
artless as a baby. Bless me, you old rascal, you have never known any
innocence; the allowance bestowed on you when you came into the world
was bound to come to the top some day; but it was buried so deep that
it is only now reappearing at the age of sixty-six. Fished up by
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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: L'air ici est delicieux. Je boirai encore du vin avec mes hotes.
Aux ambassadeurs de Cesar il faut faire tout honneur.
HERODIAS. Ce n'est pas e cause d'eux que vous restez.
HERODE. Oui, l'air est delicieux. Viens, Herodias, nos hotes nous
attendent. Ah! j'ai glisse! j'ai glisse dans le sang! C'est d'un
mauvais presage. C'est d'un tres mauvais presage. Pourquoi y a-t-
il du sang ici? . . . Et ce cadavre? Que fait ici ce cadavre?
Pensez-vous que je sois comme le roi d'Egypte qui ne donne jamais un
festin sans montrer un cadavre e ses hotes? Enfin, qui est-ce? Je
ne veux pas le regarder.
PREMIER SOLDAT. C'est notre capitaine, Seigneur. C'est le jeune
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum: "You will not have to bear it long," said the prince, soothingly. "I
am going to hang you in a few minutes."
"Thanks! Thank you very much!" answered the king, ceasing to weep.
"I have always expected to be hanged some day, and I am glad no one
but you two boys will witness me when my feet begin kicking about."
"I shall not kick," declared another of the thieves, who had also
regained his senses. "I shall sing while I am being hanged."
"But you can not, my good Gunder," protested the king; "for the rope
will cut off your breath, and no man can sing without breath."
"Then I shall whistle," said Gunder, composedly.
The king cast at him a look of reproach, and turning to Prince Marvel
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