| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: speech, as if he played with danger, others, however, regarded as
an evidence that he confided in his present condition, and acted
on a true judgment of the future, not wishing to leave Darius, in
case he were worsted, the pretext of trying his fortune again,
which he might suppose himself to have, if he could impute his
overthrow to the disadvantage of the night, as he did before to
the mountains, the narrow passages, and the sea. For while he had
such numerous forces and large dominions still remaining, it was
not any want of men or arms that could induce him to give up the
war, but only the loss of all courage and hope upon the conviction
of an undeniable and manifest defeat.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: beside them and came fairly among the tombs. Here, at least,
there were no commonplace politics, no diluted this-morning's
leader, to distract or offend me. The old shabby church
showed, as usual, its quaint extent of roofage and the
relievo skeleton on one gable, still blackened with the fire
of thirty years ago. A chill dank mist lay over all. The
Old Greyfriars' churchyard was in perfection that morning,
and one could go round and reckon up the associations with no
fear of vulgar interruption. On this stone the Covenant was
signed. In that vault, as the story goes, John Knox took
hiding in some Reformation broil. From that window Burke the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: that her late mother's property amounts to more than three
hundred thousand----"
Eugene heard all this, and could not answer a word; his tongue
seemed to be glued to the roof of his mouth, an irresistible
drowsiness was creeping over him. He still saw the table and the
faces round it, but it was through a bright mist. Soon the noise
began to subside, one by one the boarders went. At last, when
their numbers had so dwindled that the party consisted of Mme.
Vauquer, Mme. Couture, Mlle. Victorine, Vautrin, and Father
Goriot, Rastignac watched as though in a dream how Mme. Vauquer
busied herself by collecting the bottles, and drained the
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