| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Though ne'er so cunningly you smother it.
KING.
Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men,
When for so slight and frivolous a cause
Such factious emulations shall arise!
Good cousins both, of York and Somerset,
Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace.
YORK.
Let this dissension first be tried by fight,
And then your highness shall command a peace.
SOMERSET.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Woman and Labour by Olive Schreiner: of safety in their mouths, and feeding them till full grown; and this they
do not only for their own young, but to any young who may be brought in
contact with them. We have known a male mierkat so assiduous in feeding
young that were quite unrelated to himself, taking to them every morsel of
food given him, that we have been compelled to shut him up in a room alone
when feeding him, to prevent his starving himself to death: the male
mierkat thus exhibiting exactly those psychic qualities which are generally
regarded as peculiarly feminine; the females, on the other hand, being far
more pugnacious towards each other than are the males.
Among mammals generally, except the tendency to greater pugnacity shown by
the male towards other males, and the greater solicitude for the young
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith: Enter MISS HARDCASTLE.
MISS HARDCASTLE. Let it be short, then. I'm in a hurry. (Aside.) I
believe be begins to find out his mistake. But it's too soon quite to
undeceive him.
MARLOW. Pray, child, answer me one question. What are you, and what
may your business in this house be?
MISS HARDCASTLE. A relation of the family, sir.
MARLOW. What, a poor relation.
MISS HARDCASTLE. Yes, sir. A poor relation, appointed to keep the
keys, and to see that the guests want nothing in my power to give them.
MARLOW. That is, you act as the bar-maid of this inn.
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