| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: "Ah, wait a little, and you will become very fond of it," said Winterbourne.
"I hate it worse and worse every day!" cried Randolph.
"You are like the infant Hannibal," said Winterbourne.
"No, I ain't!" Randolph declared at a venture.
"You are not much like an infant," said his mother. "But we have
seen places," she resumed, "that I should put a long way before Rome."
And in reply to Winterbourne's interrogation, "There's Zurich,"
she concluded, "I think Zurich is lovely; and we hadn't heard half
so much about it."
"The best place we've seen is the City of Richmond!" said Randolph.
"He means the ship," his mother explained. "We crossed in that ship.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Drama on the Seashore by Honore de Balzac: of the sun upon the water.
That face was an emblem of long resignation, of the patience of a
fisherman and his quiet ways. The man had a voice without harshness,
kind lips, evidently no ambition, and something frail and puny about
him. Any other sort of countenance would, at that moment, have jarred
upon us.
"Where shall you sell your fish?"
"In the town."
"How much will they pay you for that lobster?"
"Fifteen sous."
"And the crab?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: to agree to certain things which seem trifles in Paris, but are really
of immense importance in the country. After bringing about the
appointment of a certain "juge de paix" at Beaumont and also at Isle-
Adam, he had, in the same year, prevented the dismissal of a keeper-
general of the Forests, and obtained the cross of the Legion of honor
for the first cavalry-sergeant at Beaumont. Consequently, no festivity
was ever given among the bourgeoisie to which Monsieur and Madame
Moreau were not invited. The rector of Presles and the mayor of
Presles came every evening to play cards with them. It is difficult
for a man not to be kind and hospitable after feathering his nest so
comfortably.
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