| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hermione's Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis: I've just about dropped it myself. It's the same
way with everything exclusive. It soon becomes
common.
Really, I hadn't worn my white summer furs
three weeks before I saw so many imitations that
I just simply HAD to lay them aside.
Don't you think people who take up things
like that, after the real leaders have dropped them,
are frightfully lacking in SUBTLETY?
Oh, Subtlety! Subtlety! WHAT would modern
thought be without Subtlety?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac: broken stone and gravel, so that the water ran off rapidly; and as the
rain seldom comes from the northward in Burgundy, no dampness could
rot the foundations, slight as they were. Below the steps and along
the path ran a rustic paling, hidden beneath a hedge of hawthorn and
sweet-brier. An arbor, with a few clumsy tables and wooden benches,
filled the space between the cottage and the road, and invited the
passers-by to rest themselves. At the upper end of the bank by the
house roses grew, and wall-flowers, violets, and other flowers that
cost nothing. Jessamine and honey-suckle had fastened their tendrils
on the roof, mossy already, though the building was far from old.
To the right of the house, the owner had built a stable for two cows.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: SALOME. Ce sont les yeux surtout qui sont terribles. On dirait des
trous noirs laisses par des flambeaux sur une tapisserie de Tyr. On
dirait des cavernes noires ou demeurent des dragons, des cavernes
noires d'Egypte ou les dragons trouvent leur asile. On dirait des
lacs noirs troubles par des lunes fantastiques . . . Pensez-vous
qu'il parlera encore?
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Ne restez pas ici, princesse! Je vous prie de ne
pas rester ici.
SALOME. Comme il est maigre aussi! il ressemble e une mince image
d'ivoire. On dirait une image d'argent. Je suis sure qu'il est
chaste, autant que la lune. Il ressemble e un rayon d'argent. Sa
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