| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac: Benassis stopped, rose to his feet, and said, "Before I begin my
story, I will order tea. Jacquotte has never missed asking me if I
will take it for these twelve years past, and she will certainly
interrupt us. Do you care about it, captain?"
"No, thank you."
In another moment Benassis returned.
CHAPTER IV
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR'S CONFESSION
"I was born in a little town in Languedoc," the doctor resumed. "My
father had been settled there for many years, and there my early
childhood was spent. When I was eight years old I was sent to the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: furious from a sense that his companions were laughing at him, now
resolved, at any cost, to make them pay attention to him.
"'All is not gold that glitters,'" he began, his eyes flaming.
"That's not it," said Mistigris. "'All is not old that titters.'
You'll never get on in diplomacy if you don't know your proverbs
better than that."
"I may not know proverbs, but I know my way--"
"It must be far," said Georges, "for I saw that person in charge of
your household give you provisions enough for an ocean voyage: rolls,
chocolate--"
"A special kind of bread and chocolate, yes, monsieur," returned
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Good sir, or so, or friend, or Gentleman.
According to the Phrase and the Addition,
Of man and Country
Reynol. Very good my Lord
Polon. And then Sir does he this?
He does: what was I about to say?
I was about say somthing: where did I leaue?
Reynol. At closes in the consequence:
At friend, or so, and Gentleman
Polon. At closes in the consequence, I marry,
He closes with you thus. I know the Gentleman,
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