| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: And if I did but stir out of my bed,
Ready they were to shoot me to the heart.
[Enter the Boy with a linstock.]
SALISBURY.
I grieve to hear what torments you endured,
But we will be revenged sufficiently.
Now it is supper-time in Orleans:
Here, through this grate, I count each one,
And view the Frenchmen how they fortify:
Let us look in; the sight will much delight thee.
Sir Thomas Gargrave and Sir William Glansdale,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: much less than a couple of years before - he had grown, in his
loose leanness, so long and high. "Finish me?" he echoed.
"There are such a lot of jolly things we can do together yet. I
want to turn you out - I want you to do me credit."
Morgan continued to look at him. "To give you credit - do you
mean?"
"My dear fellow, you're too clever to live."
"That's just what I'm afraid you think. No, no; it isn't fair - I
can't endure it. We'll separate next week. The sooner it's over
the sooner to sleep."
"If I hear of anything - any other chance - I promise to go,"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Duchesse de Langeais by Honore de Balzac: liberal allowances from the civil list were wholly expended in
keeping up the state necessary for any European government, even
if it be a Republic.
In 1818, M. le Duc de Langeais commanded a division of the army,
and the Duchess held a post about one of the Princesses, in
virtue of which she was free to live in Paris and apart from her
husband without scandal. The Duke, moreover, besides his
military duties, had a place at Court, to which he came during
his term of waiting, leaving his major-general in command. The
Duke and Duchess were leading lives entirely apart, the world
none the wiser. Their marriage of convention shared the fate of
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