| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: two horses, with lettering on its side and a sly-looking man in a
low-crowned bowler hat sitting on the driver's seat. And Boxer's stall was
empty.
The animals crowded round the van. "Good-bye, Boxer!" they chorused,
"good-bye!"
"Fools! Fools!" shouted Benjamin, prancing round them and stamping the
earth with his small hoofs. "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the
side of that van?"
That gave the animals pause, and there was a hush. Muriel began to spell
out the words. But Benjamin pushed her aside and in the midst of a deadly
silence he read:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: conceding to him the first place, securing the second, by his
interest, for himself. And he had the advantage of him in
avoiding all odium and jealousy, assisting all petitioners,
without asking for any reward, and appearing courteous and of
easy access towards all, especially to the military men, for
many of whom he obtained commands, some immediately from the
emperor, others by Vinius's means, and by the assistance of the
two favorite freedmen, Icelus and Asiaticus, these being the
men in chief power in the court. As often as he entertained
Galba, he gave the cohort on duty, in addition to their pay, a
piece of gold for every man there, upon pretense of respect to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pierrette by Honore de Balzac: glowing tints of autumn, "my death in your house gives me more
happiness than I have had since I left Brittany."
Madame Auffray whispered in her sister Martener's ear:--
"How she would have loved!"
In truth, her tones, her looks gave to her words a priceless value.
Monsieur Martener corresponded with Doctor Bianchon, and did nothing
of importance without his advice. He hoped in the first place to
regular the functions of nature and to draw away the abscess in the
head through the ear. The more Pierrette suffered, the more he hoped.
He gained some slight success at times, and that was a great triumph.
For several days Pierrette's appetite returned and enabled her to take
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