| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost: tone, that he had not made sufficiently minute observation to
satisfy me; but that, having noticed for several days together
the regular arrival of the stranger at the Bois de Boulogne,
where, quitting his carriage, he walked by himself in the
cross-avenues, appearing to seek opportunities of meeting Manon,
it had occurred to him to form an acquaintance with the servants,
in order to discover the name of their master; that they spoke of
him as an Italian prince, and that they also suspected he was
upon some adventure of gallantry. He had not been able to learn
anything further, he added, trembling as he spoke, because the
prince, then on the point of leaving the wood, had approached
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: Mrs. Kennedy, that charming collateral you offered me a short while
ago. Unless, of course, you insist."
"You are the coarsest--"
"Not at all. I merely wanted to set your mind at ease. I knew
you'd be worried about that point. Not much worried but a little.
And I'm willing to lend you the money. But I do want to know how
you are going to spend it. I have that right, I believe. If it's
to buy you pretty frocks or a carriage, take it with my blessing.
But if it's to buy a new pair of breeches for Ashley Wilkes, I fear
I must decline to lend it."
She was hot with sudden rage and she stuttered until words came.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: "I can see it already, sir, and the way you describe it looks
amazingly wise and prudent. In other words, we must cast our
bread on
the waters in large loaves, carried by sound ships marked with
the owner's name, so that the return freight will be sure to
come back to us."
The father laughed, but his eyes were frowning a little as if
he suspected something irreverent under the respectful reply.
"You put it humorously, but there's sense in what you say. Why
not?
God rules the sea; but He expects us to follow the laws of
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