| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: and there was a flight of steps that led downward. The queen
descended these steps, and the prince followed closely behind
her. At the bottom was a long passage-way, and at the farther end
the prince saw what looked like a bright spark of light, as
though the sun were shining. She thrust the torch into another
bracket in the wall of the passage, and then led the way towards
the light. It grew larger and larger as they went forward, until
at last they came out at the farther end, and there the prince
found himself standing in the sunlight and not far from the
seashore. The queen led the way towards the shore, when suddenly
a great number of black dogs came running towards them, barking
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeneid by Virgil: Above the portal, carv'd in cedar wood,
Plac'd in their ranks, their godlike grandsires stood;
Old Saturn, with his crooked scythe, on high;
And Italus, that led the colony;
And ancient Janus, with his double face,
And bunch of keys, the porter of the place.
There good Sabinus, planter of the vines,
On a short pruning hook his head reclines,
And studiously surveys his gen'rous wines;
Then warlike kings, who for their country fought,
And honorable wounds from battle brought.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: are undertaking here, madame," he added, addressing Veronique, "is
really a service done to the country."
"Yes," said the /juge de paix/, "because Madame has but one son, and
the inheritance will not be divided up; but how long will that
condition last? For a certain length of time the magnificent culture
which you are about to introduce will, let us hope, belong to only one
proprietor, who will continue to breed horned beasts and horses; but
sooner or later the day must come when these forests and fields will
be divided up and sold in small parcels. Divided and redivided, the
six thousand acres of that plain will have a thousand or twelve
hundred owners, and thenceforth--no more horses and cattle!"
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