| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac: Armande-Louise-Marie de Chaulieu.
I believe in your greatness too much to think for a moment that your
love is ruled by policy; but if you did not show a childlike
simplicity when with me, I could only pity you. Spite of this first
fault, you are still deeply admired by
LOUISE DE CHAULIEU.
XXIII
FELIPE TO LOUISE
When God beholds our faults, He sees also our repentance. Yes, my
beloved mistress, you are right. I felt that I had displeased you, but
knew not how. Now that you have explained the cause of your trouble, I
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pericles by William Shakespeare: before us even now.
FIRST FISHERMAN.
Alas, poor souls, it grieved my heart to hear what pitiful cries
they made to us to help them, when, well-a-day, we could scarce
help ourselves.
THIRD FISHERMAN.
Nay, master, said not I as much when I saw the porpus how he
bounced and tumbled? they say they're half fish, half flesh:
a plague on them, they ne'er come but I look to be washed.
Master, I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.
FIRST FISHERMAN.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: Winter, by name Felton. You change color, my lord," said
Athos turning to the Duke of Buckingham, "and your eyes
kindle with anger and sorrow. Let your Grace finish the
recital, then, and tell M. de Wardes who this woman was who
placed the knife in the hand of your father's murderer."
A cry escaped from the lips of all present. The young duke
passed his handkerchief across his forehead, which was
covered with perspiration. A dead silence ensued among the
spectators.
"You see, M. de Wardes," said D'Artagnan, whom this recital
had impressed more and more, as his own recollection revived
Ten Years Later |
