| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: told me); "believe that I too am not better pleased with white enamel
or with alkanet than with your own natural hue; but as the gods have
fashioned horses to delight in horses, cattle in cattle, sheep in
their fellow sheep, so to human beings the human body pure and
undefiled is sweetest;[11] and as to these deceits, though they may
serve to cheat the outside world without detection, yet if intimates
try to deceive each other, they must one day be caught; in rising from
their beds, before they make their toilet; by a drop of sweat they
stand convicted; tears are an ordeal they cannot pass; the bath
reveals them as they truly are."
[11] See "Mem." II. i. 22.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Then," said I, "I'll stop on. Good night, beautiful Doll."
"Dolly"
"Dolly, then."
I swept off my hat and turned to go.
"Don't you want to- er- shake me?" said Dolly.
I reached Poganec just as they were finishing dinner. As I
entered the room:
"Hullo," said Berry. "This your night out?"
"That'll do." said I. "You had your show this afternoon."
"My show? My humiliation," said my brother-in-law. "Think of
it. My wife's brother in service. How can I ever hold up this
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: LADY BRACKNELL. A country house! How many bedrooms? Well, that
point can be cleared up afterwards. You have a town house, I hope?
A girl with a simple, unspoiled nature, like Gwendolen, could
hardly be expected to reside in the country.
JACK. Well, I own a house in Belgrave Square, but it is let by the
year to Lady Bloxham. Of course, I can get it back whenever I
like, at six months' notice.
LADY BRACKNELL. Lady Bloxham? I don't know her.
JACK. Oh, she goes about very little. She is a lady considerably
advanced in years.
LADY BRACKNELL. Ah, nowadays that is no guarantee of
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