| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Droll Stories, V. 1 by Honore de Balzac: heart. As they had each received slashes in the doublets, they
baptised their fraternity with their blood, and were ministered to
together in one and the same bed under the tent of Monsieur de
Montmorency their master. It is necessary to inform you that, contrary
to the custom of his family, which was always to have a pretty face,
the Cadet of Maille was not of a pleasing physiognomy, and had
scarcely any beauty but that of the devil. For the rest he was lithe
as a greyhound, broad shouldered and strongly built as King Pepin, who
was a terrible antagonist. On the other hand, the Sieur de Lavalliere
was a dainty fellow, for whom seemed to have been invented rich laces,
silken hose, and cancellated shoes. His long dark locks were pretty as
Droll Stories, V. 1 |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: "I don't know what has happened, and you are trying to tell me the
tale backwards. Come up to the house and get in the shade and
begin at the beginning."
"What I want to know," Oleson began, when they were seated, "is IS
she your partner or ain't she? That's what I want to know."
"She is," Sheldon assured him.
"Well, who'd have believed it!" Oleson glanced appealingly at Dr.
Welshmere, and back again at Sheldon. "I've seen a few unlikely
things in these Solomons--rats two feet long, butterflies the
Commissioner hunts with a shot-gun, ear-ornaments that would shame
the devil, and head-hunting devils that make the devil look like an
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: and the net begins on the support of the suspension-cable which was
respected. Would it not be simpler to restore the old web, which
might serve many times yet, if a few rents were just repaired? One
would say so; but does the Spider know how to patch her work, as a
thrifty housewife darns her linen? That is the question.
To mend severed meshes, to replace broken threads, to adjust the
new to the old, in short, to restore the original order by
assembling the wreckage would be a far-reaching feat of prowess, a
very fine proof of gleams of intelligence, capable of performing
rational calculations. Our menders excel in this class of work.
They have as their guide their sense, which measures the holes,
The Life of the Spider |
