| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: them. In Manchester Square on this second Sunday he esteemed his
fortune less good, for she had three or four other visitors. But
there were three or four compensations; perhaps the greatest of
which was that, learning how her father had after all, at the last
hour, gone out of town alone, the bold conjecture I just now spoke
of found itself becoming a shade more bold. And then her presence
was her presence, and the personal red room was there and was full
of it, whatever phantoms passed and vanished, emitting
incomprehensible sounds. Lastly, he had the resource of staying
till every one had come and gone and of believing this grateful to
her, though she gave no particular sign. When they were alone
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Essays & Lectures by Oscar Wilde: sensitive to kindness, respect and generosity. A beautiful model
who had sat for two years to one of our most distinguished English
painters, got engaged to a street vendor of penny ices.
On her marriage the painter sent her a pretty wedding present, and
received in return a nice letter of thanks with the following
remarkable postscript: 'Never eat the green ices!'
When they are tired a wise artist gives them a rest. Then they sit
in a chair and read penny dreadfuls, till they are roused from the
tragedy of literature to take their place again in the tragedy of
art. A few of them smoke cigarettes. This, however, is regarded
by the other models as showing a want of seriousness, and is not
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: to take.
"You are quite right, Mr. Rosedale. I HAVE had bothers; and
I am grateful to you for wanting to relieve me of them. It is
not always easy to be quite independent and self-respecting
when one is poor and lives among rich people; I have been
careless about money, and have worried about my bills. But I
should be selfish and ungrateful if I made that a reason for
accepting all you offer, with no better return to make than
the desire to be free from my anxieties. You must give me
time--time to think of your kindness--and of what I could
give you in return for it---"
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