| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: The inhabitants of that unfortunate city, who but a few months ago
were in ease and affluence, have now, no other alternative than
to stay and starve, or turn and beg. Endangered by the fire
of their friends if they continue within the city, and plundered
by the soldiery if they leave it. In their present condition
they are prisoners without the hope of redemption, and in
a general attack for their relief, they would be exposed
to the fury of both armies.
Men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses
of Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out,
"COME, COME, WE SHALL BE FRIENDS AGAIN, FOR ALL THIS."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: boucliers d'ivoire. Il n'y avait rien au monde d'aussi blanc que
ton corps. Il n'y avait rien au monde d'aussi noir que tes cheveux.
Dans le monde tout entier il n'y avait rien d'aussi rouge que ta
bouche. Ta voix etait un encensoir qui repandait d'etranges
parfums, et quand je te regardais j'entendais une musique etrange!
Ah! pourquoi ne m'as-tu pas regardee, Iokanaan? Derriere tes mains
et tes blasphemes tu as cache ton visage. Tu as mis sur tes yeux le
bandeau de celui qui veut voir son Dieu. Eh bien, tu l'as vu, ton
Dieu, Iokanaan, mais moi, moi . . . tu ne m'as jamais vue. Si tu
m'avais vue, tu m'aurais aimee. Moi, je t'ai vu, Iokanaan, et je
t'ai aime. Oh! comme je t'ai aime. Je t'aime encore, Iokanaan. Je
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: one flash of the blazing, questing eyes through the silken mask-
slits, and received a start. She tried to recollect where she had
seen the like, and a vivid picture was recalled of a certain proud
and rebellious sinner whom she had once encountered on a fruitless
errand for the Lord.
So it was that the good woman took the trail in hot and righteous
wrath, a trail which brought her ultimately into the company of
Mrs. Eppingwell and Floyd Vanderlip. Mrs. Eppingwell had just
found the opportunity to talk with the man. She had determined,
now that Flossie was so near at hand, to proceed directly to the
point, and an incisive little ethical discourse was titillating on
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