| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: seaward in imminent and shattered crags, and presents the one
practicable breach of the blue bay. The interior of this vessel is
crowded with lovely and valuable trees, - orange, breadfruit,
mummy-apple, cocoa, the island chestnut, and for weeds, the pine
and the banana. Four perennial streams water and keep it green;
and along the dell, first of one, then of another, of these, the
road, for a considerable distance, descends into this fortunate
valley. The song of the waters and the familiar disarray of
boulders gave us a strong sense of home, which the exotic foliage,
the daft-like growth of the pandanus, the buttressed trunk of the
banyan, the black pigs galloping in the bush, and the architecture
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac: vague resemblance to spectres carelessly enveloped in their shrouds, a
gigantic image of the famous /Dance of Death/. Then, turning in the
other direction, I could gaze admiringly upon the dance of the living!
a magnificent salon, with walls of silver and gold, with gleaming
chandeliers, and bright with the light of many candles. There the
loveliest, the wealthiest women in Paris, bearers of the proudest
titles, moved hither and thither, fluttered from room to room in
swarms, stately and gorgeous, dazzling with diamonds; flowers on their
heads and breasts, in their hair, scattered over their dresses or
lying in garlands at their feet. Light quiverings of the body,
voluptuous movements, made the laces and gauzes and silks swirl about
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Eve and David by Honore de Balzac: "Yes, you are bound, but is your successor?--However it is," he
continued, "do not trouble yourself at all; sell the business, pocket
the proceeds, and leave Cerizet to find his way through the conditions
of the sale--he can take care of himself."
"Yes," said Eve.
"And if it turns out that you may not print a newspaper in Angouleme,"
said Petit-Claud, "those who are finding the capital for Cerizet will
bring out the paper in L'Houmeau."
The prospect of twenty-two thousand francs, of want now at end,
dazzled Eve. The partnership and its hopes took a second place. And,
therefore, M. and Mme. Sechard gave way on a final point of dispute.
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