| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: case d'Arthez believed the world which spoke the truth, instead of
believing her who lied; for never had so noble a nature, so complete a
man, a soul so pure, a conscience so ingenuous come beneath her hand.
Though she had told him cruel lies she was driven to do so by the
desire of knowing a true love. That love--she felt it dawning in her
heart; yes, she loved d'Arthez; and now she was condemned forever to
deceive him! She must henceforth remain to him the actress who had
played that comedy to blind his eyes.
When she heard Daniel's step in the dining-room a violent commotion, a
shudder which reached to her very vitals came over her. That
convulsion, never felt during all the years of her adventurous
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson: our definition, in spite of its proved and naked
insufficiency. Mr. Jenkin was not so easily pleased, and
readily discovered that the heroic line consists of four
groups, or, if you prefer the phrase, contains four pauses:
'All night | the dreadless | angel | unpursued.'
Four groups, each practically uttered as one word: the
first, in this case, an iamb; the second, an amphibrachys;
the third, a trochee; and the fourth, an amphimacer; and yet
our schoolboy, with no other liberty but that of inflicting
pain, had triumphantly scanned it as five iambs. Perceive,
now, this fresh richness of intricacy in the web; this fourth
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: face a confirmation of the hostile hint in his voice.
She nodded in a constrained way, and said nothing.
"Or rather, I should say, "Theron went on, with deliberate
words, "the late Brother Gorringe's flowers."
"How do you mean--LATE" asked his wife, swiftly.
"Oh, calm yourself!" replied the husband. He is not dead.
He has only intimated to me his desire to sever his connection.
I may add that he did so in a highly offensive manner."
"I am very sorry," said Alice, in a low tone, and with
her eyes on her plate.
"I took it for granted you would be grieved at his backsliding,"
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