| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: at the same time, he was exceedingly chary of ex-
plicit rules of conduct. It might be said of Tol-
stoy that he became a spiritual leader in spite of
himself, so averse was he from assuming author-
ity. His aim was ever to teach his followers
themselves to hear the inward monitory voice,
and to obey it of their own accord. "To know
the meaning of Life, you must first know the
meaning of Love," he would say; "and then see
that you do what love bids you " His distrust
of "epidemic ideas" extended to religious com-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Deserted Woman by Honore de Balzac: by overstudy, or perhaps by excess of some other kind. His
convalescence demanded complete rest, a light diet, bracing air, and
freedom from excitement of every kind, and the fat lands of Bessin
seemed to offer all these conditions of recovery. To Bayeux, a
picturesque place about six miles from the sea, the patient therefore
betook himself, and was received with the cordiality characteristic of
relatives who lead very retired lives, and regard a new arrival as a
godsend.
All little towns are alike, save for a few local customs. When M. le
Baron Gaston de Nueil, the young Parisian in question, had spent two
or three evenings in his cousin's house, or with the friends who made
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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: ship-hills hull-down over the horizon, and realized that over all
that extent fed the Game; the ever-new wonder of Africa for the
hundredth time filled my mind-the teeming fecundity of her bosom.
"Look here," said H. without removing his eye from the 'scope,
"just beyond the edge of that shadow to the left of the bushes in
the donga-I've been watching them ten minutes, and I can't make
'em out yet. They're either hyenas acting mighty queer, or else
two lionesses."
We snatched our glasses and concentrated on that important
detail.
To catch the third experience you must have journeyed with us
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