| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herodias by Gustave Flaubert: with drops of oil if he approached the other tables, which, to an
Essene, would be a great defilement.
Suddenly violent blows resounded upon the castle gates. The news of
the imprisonment of Iaokanann had spread rapidly, and now it appeared
that the whole surrounding population was flocking to the castle. Men
with torches were hastening along the roads in all directions; a black
mass of people swarmed in the ravine; and from all throats came the
cry: "Iaokanann! Iaokanann!"
"That man will ruin everything," said Jonathas.
"We shall have no more money if this continues," said the Pharisees.
Accusations, recriminations, and pleadings were heard on all sides.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac: rascality. The apparent artlessness of this political swindler
prevented her from suspecting a trick.
"Do you believe he really thinks of me?" she asked, falling into the
trap.
"I know it; I am certain of it."
"Is it true that Rabourdin's appointment is signed?"
"I gave him the papers this morning. But it is not enough that your
husband should be made director; he must be Master of petitions."
"Yes," she said.
"Well, then, go back to the salon and coquette a little more with his
Excellency."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White: want to know how you REALLY felt. Were you scared or nervous? or
did you become cool? Tell me frankly just how it was, so I can
see the thing as happening to a common everyday human being.
Then, even at second-hand and at ten thousand miles distance, I
can enjoy it actually, humanly, even though vicariously,
speculating a bit over my pipe as to how I would have liked it
myself.
Obviously, to write such a book the author must at the same time
sink his ego and exhibit frankly his personality. The paradox in
this is only apparent. He must forget either to strut or to blush
with diffidence. Neither audience should be forgotten, and neither
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