| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: rex appellatus esset a senatu, quod amicus, quod munera amplissime missa;
quam rem et paucis contigisse et pro magnis hominum officiis consuesse
tribui docebat; illum, cum neque aditum neque causam postulandi iustam
haberet, beneficio ac liberalitate sua ac senatus ea praemia consecutum.
Docebat etiam quam veteres quamque iustae causae necessitudinis ipsis cum
Haeduis intercederent, quae senatus consulta quotiens quamque honorifica
in eos facta essent, ut omni tempore totius Galliae principatum Haedui
tenuissent, prius etiam quam nostram amicitiam adpetissent. Populi Romani
hanc esse consuetudinem, ut socios atque amicos non modo sui nihil
deperdere, sed gratia, dignitate, honore auctiores velit esse; quod vero
ad amicitiam populi Romani attulissent, id iis eripi quis pati posset?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Duchesse de Langeais by Honore de Balzac: there, she said, "I want to be loved."
But the belief that she still had in herself gave her hope of
success. The Duchess might be piqued, the vain Parisienne might
be humiliated; but the woman saw glimpses of wedded happiness,
and imagination, avenging the time lost for nature, took a
delight in kindling the inextinguishable fire in her veins. She
all but attained to the sensations of love; for amid her poignant
doubt whether she was loved in return, she felt glad at heart to
say to herself, "I love him!" As for her scruples, religion,
and the world she could trample them under foot! Montriveau was
her religion now. She spent the next day in a state of moral
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: you'd better put on a warmer cloak,' said Vasili Andreevich,
smiling again as he winked at Nikita's short sheepskin coat,
which was torn under the arms and at the back, was greasy and
out of shape, frayed to a fringe round the skirt, and had
endured many things in its lifetime.
'Hey, dear man, come and hold the horse!' shouted Nikita to the
cook's husband, who was still in the yard.
'No, I will myself, I will myself!' shrieked the little boy,
pulling his hands, red with cold, out of his pockets, and
seizing the cold leather reins.
'Only don't be too long dressing yourself up. Look alive!'
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