| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft: Several minutes elapsed before Maria could enquire respecting
the rumour of the house (for this poor wretch was obviously not
confined without a cause); and then Jemima could only tell her,
that it was said, "she had been married, against her inclination,
to a rich old man, extremely jealous (no wonder, for she was a
charming creature); and that, in consequence of his treatment,
or something which hung on her mind, she had, during her first
lying-in, lost her senses."
What a subject of meditation--even to the very
confines of madness.
"Woman, fragile flower! why were you suffered to adorn a world
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adieu by Honore de Balzac: "They are not long enough."
"Grenadier, turn over those sleepers, and take their shawls and linen,
to eke out."
"Tiens! that's one dead," said the grenadier, stripping the first man
he came to. "Bless me! what a joke, they are all dead!"
"All?"
"Yes, all; seems as if horse-meat must be indigestible if eaten with
snow."
The words made Philippe tremble. The cold was increasing.
"My God! to lose the woman I have saved a dozen times!"
The major shook the countess.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Silas Marner by George Eliot: 'ull hinder him; and then he can let the parish'ners know if they're
wrong."
"Thank you! I'm obliged to you," said the farrier, with a snort
of scorn. "If folks are fools, it's no business o' mine. _I_
don't want to make out the truth about ghos'es: I know it a'ready.
But I'm not against a bet--everything fair and open. Let any man
bet me ten pound as I shall see Cliff's Holiday, and I'll go and
stand by myself. I want no company. I'd as lief do it as I'd fill
this pipe."
"Ah, but who's to watch you, Dowlas, and see you do it? That's no
fair bet," said the butcher.
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