| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: only fancy and that dawn would never come. She prayed for the sun
not to rise, not to begin its short twelve-hour journey toward
what might be a fatal setting for Stewart. But the dawn did
lighten, swiftly she thought, remorselessly. Daylight had
broken, and this was Thursday!
Sharp ringing of the telephone bell startled her, roused her into
action. She ran to answer the call.
"Hello--hello--Miss Majesty!" came the hurried reply. "This is
Link talkin'. Messages for you. Favorable, the operator said.
I'm to ride out with them. I'll come a-hummin'."
That was all. Madeline heard the bang of the receiver as Stevens
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Purse by Honore de Balzac: monsieur; and economical! they live on nothing, and as soon as a
letter is brought they pay for it. It is a queer thing, monsieur,
the mother's name is not the same as the daughter's. Ah, but when
they go for a walk in the Tuileries, mademoiselle is very smart,
and she never goes out but she is followed by a lot of young men;
but she shuts the door in their face, and she is quite right. The
proprietor would never allow----"
The coach having come, Hippolyte heard no more, and went home.
His mother, to whom he related his adventure, dressed his wound
afresh, and would not allow him to go to the studio next day.
After taking advice, various treatments were prescribed, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli: them more cause for disunion than for union, so that the country was
full of robbery, quarrels, and every kind of violence; and so, wishing
to bring back peace and obedience to authority, he considered it
necessary to give it a good governor. Thereupon he promoted Messer
Ramiro d'Orco,[*] a swift and cruel man, to whom he gave the fullest
power. This man in a short time restored peace and unity with the
greatest success. Afterwards the duke considered that it was not
advisable to confer such excessive authority, for he had no doubt but
that he would become odious, so he set up a court of judgment in the
country, under a most excellent president, wherein all cities had
their advocates. And because he knew that the past severity had caused
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