| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain: person warm, do they?"
"Course they don't."
"But they put them ON, don't they?"
"Yes."
"All right, then; that letter I wrote is a shirt, and
the welkin's the ruffle on it."
I judged that that would gravel Jim, and it did.
"Now, Mars Tom, it ain't no use to talk like dat;
en, moreover, it's sinful. You knows a letter ain't no
shirt, en dey ain't no ruffles on it, nuther. Dey ain't
no place to put 'em on; you can't put em on, and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac: pats, you are right; warm up that icy tone. Come, come!--pon, pon,
pon,--" he continued, touching up the spots where he had complained of
a lack of life, hiding under layers of color the conflicting methods,
and regaining the unity of tone essential to an ardent Egyptian.
"Now see, my little friend, it is only the last touches of the brush
that count for anything. Porbus put on a hundred; I have only put on
one or two. Nobody will thank us for what is underneath, remember
that!"
At last the demon paused; the old man turned to Porbus and Poussin,
who stood mute with admiration, and said to them,--
"It is not yet equal to my Beautiful Nut-girl; still, one can put
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: rim of gold. Myles scarcely dared touch it; he gazed at it with
an unconcealed delight that warmed the smith's honest heart.
"I have another piece of Milan here," said he. "Did I ever show
thee my dagger, Master Gascoyne?"
"Nay," said the squire.
The smith unlocked a great oaken chest in the corner of the shop,
lifted the lid, and brought thence a beautiful dagger with the
handle of ebony and silver-gilt, and a sheath of Spanish leather,
embossed and gilt. The keen, well- tempered blade was beautifully
engraved and inlaid with niello-work, representing a group of
figures in a then popular subject--the dance of Death. It was a
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