| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Firm of Nucingen by Honore de Balzac: the mechanism of life, of the importance of money, of the difficulty
of obtaining it, of the prices of things. And so, for six years, every
lesson that she had learned had been a painful one for her.
"D'Aldrigger's four hundred thousand francs were carried to the credit
of the Baroness' account with the firm of Nucingen (she was her
husband's creditor for twelve hundred thousand francs under her
marriage settlement), and when in any difficulty the Shepherdess of
the Alps dipped into her capital as though it were inexhaustible.
"When our pigeon first advanced towards his dove, Nucingen, knowing
the Baroness' character, must have spoken plainly to Malvina on the
financial position. At that time three hundred thousand francs were
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: they should be here soon."
"I hope it's Scott and Tina," one of the other executives said.
"They're really brilliant."
"If unconventional," noted another.
"Unconventional or not," said the Chief Operating Officer, "I'll
never forget how they saved us eighty-six million dollars on the
Dazzle II by helping us reduce the number of parts. And when their
expense account came through, all they'd bought were radio batteries
and a couple of reams of paper."
"I remember that," said the first executive. "No fancy research, no
costly experiments, just pure thought, just great ideas. They
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: there, where pain and sorrow and wailing shall flee away.' `Then
shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall rise speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee,
and the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.' Then shalt thou
call, and the Lord shall answer; while thou art yet speaking, he
shall say, `Here am I.' `I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy
transgressions, and will not remember them. Put me in
remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou thy sins that
thou mayst be justified.' `Though thy sins be as scarlet, I will
make them white as snow: though they be red as crimson I will
make them white as wool, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken
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