| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: vient de m'envoyer des cadeaux de grande valeur. Aussi il m'a
promis de citer e Rome le roi de Cappadoce qui est mon ennemi.
Peut-etre e Rome il le crucifiera. Il peut faire tout ce qu'il
veut, Cesar. Enfin, il est le maitre. Ainsi, vous voyez, j'ai le
droit d'etre heureux. Il n'y a rien au monde qui puisse gater mon
plaisir.
LA VOIX D'IOKANAAN. Il sera assis sur son trone. Il sera vetu de
pourpre et d'ecarlate. Dans sa main il portera un vase d'or plein
de ses blasphemes. Et l'ange du Seigneur Dieu le frappera. Il sera
mange des vers.
HERODIAS. Vous entendez ce qu'il dit de vous. Il dit que vous
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: here I lay again crushed and trodden on; and could I ever rise more?
"Never," I thought; and ardently I wished to die. While sobbing out
this wish in broken accents, some one approached: I started up--
again Helen Burns was near me; the fading fires just showed her
coming up the long, vacant room; she brought my coffee and bread.
"Come, eat something," she said; but I put both away from me,
feeling as if a drop or a crumb would have choked me in my present
condition. Helen regarded me, probably with surprise: I could not
now abate my agitation, though I tried hard; I continued to weep
aloud. She sat down on the ground near me, embraced her knees with
her arms, and rested her head upon them; in that attitude she
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: He was the man of the world of the family. He had been to China
and brought home a collection of curiosities; he had made a fortune--
or rather he had quintupled a fortune already considerable;
he was distinguished by that combination of celibacy,
"property," and good humor which appeals to even the most
subdued imaginations; and it was taken for granted that he would
presently place these advantages at the disposal of some
well-regulated young woman of his own "set." Mr. Wentworth was
not a man to admit to himself that--his paternal duties apart--
he liked any individual much better than all other individuals;
but he thought Robert Acton extremely judicious; and this was
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