| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Iliad by Homer: dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of
Lindus, Ielysus, and Cameirus, that lies upon the chalk. These
were commanded by Tlepolemus, son of Hercules by Astyochea, whom
he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis, after
sacking many cities of valiant warriors. When Tlepolemus grew up,
he killed his father's uncle Licymnius, who had been a famous
warrior in his time, but was then grown old. On this he built
himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled beyond the
sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of
Hercules. After a voyage, during which he suffered great
hardship, he came to Rhodes, where the people divided into three
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: high world of the Faubourg Saint-Germain in bright colors flung by the
prism of love, explaining the reception which met him everywhere in a
way which gratified his father's family pride. The Marquis would have
the whole long letter read to him twice; he rubbed his hands when he
heard of the Vidame de Pamiers' dinner--the Vidame was an old
acquaintance--and of the subsequent introduction to the Duchess; but
at Blondet's name he lost himself in conjectures. What could the
younger son of a judge, a public prosecutor during the Revolution,
have been doing there?
There was joy that evening among the Collection of Antiquities. They
talked over the young Count's success. So discreet were they with
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: approved, as became his occupation; and once told Brimblecombe
pretty sharply, that he was a meddlesome fellow for telling the
Indians that the Good Spirit cared for them; "for," quoth he, "if
they begin to ask the Good Spirit for what they want, who will
bring me cassava and coca for keeping the bad spirit quiet?" This
argument, however forcible the devil's priests in all ages have
felt it to be, did not stop Jack's preaching (and very good and
righteous preaching it was, moreover), and much less the morning
and evening service in the island camp. This last, the Indians,
attracted by the singing, attended in such numbers, that the Piache
found his occupation gone, and vowed to put an end to Jack's Gospel
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