| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Eve and David by Honore de Balzac: we pay rent to M. Sechard senior, who does not load us with presents."
After two hours of debate, Eve obtained two thousand francs for six
months, one thousand to be paid in advance. When everything was
concluded, the brothers informed her that they meant to put in Cerizet
as lessee of the premises. In spite of herself, Eve started with
surprise.
"Isn't it better to have somebody who knows the workshop?" asked the
fat Cointet.
Eve made no reply; she took leave of the brothers, vowing inwardly to
look after Cerizet.
"Well, here are our enemies in the place!" laughed David, when Eve
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Having eaten their meager supper Tarzan bade the girl enter
the cavern.
"You will sleep inside," he said. "The lieutenant and I will
lie outside at the entrance."
The Night Attack
As the girl turned to bid them good night, she thought that
she saw a shadowy form moving in the darkness beyond
them, and almost simultaneously she was sure that she
heard the sounds of stealthy movement in the same direction.
"What is that?" she whispered. "There is something out
there in the darkness."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: but they cannot comprehend it, or how it manifests itself,
since they have no auditory apparatus. They believe
that the motions of the lips alone convey the meaning.
That the Sagoths can communicate with us is incomprehensible
to them.
"Yes, David," he concluded, "it would entail murder
to carry out your plan."
"Very well then, Perry." I replied. "I shall become
a murderer."
He got me to go over the plan again most carefully,
and for some reason which was not at the time clear to me
At the Earth's Core |
