| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: Andreevich had sunk in the same ravine Nikita had previously
fallen into, and that Mukhorty had been bringing him back to
the sledge and he had got off his back no more than fifty paces
from where the sledge was.
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Having stumbled back to the sledge Vasili Andreevich caught
hold of it and for a long time stood motionless, trying to calm
himself and recover his breath. Nikita was not in his former
place, but something, already covered with snow, was lying in
the sledge and Vasili Andreevich concluded that this was
Nikita. His terror had now quite left him, and if he felt any
Master and Man |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Man of Business by Honore de Balzac: Antonia wished to reach the higher ranks of her calling, with splendid
rooms, a maid, and a carriage; in short, she wanted to rival our
charming hostess, for instance--"
"She was not woman enough for that," cried the famous beauty of the
Circus; "still, she ruined young d'Esgrignon very neatly."
"Ten days afterwards, little Croizeau, perched on his dignity, said
almost exactly the same thing, for the fair Antonia's benefit,"
continued Desroches.
" 'Child,' said he, 'your reading-room is a hole of a place. You will
lose your complexion; the gas will ruin your eyesight. You ought to
come out of it; and, look here, let us take advantage of an
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: pass.
But as he went up he met an aged man, who had been gathering
driftwood in the torrent-bed. He had laid down his faggot in
the road, and was trying to lift it again to his shoulder.
And when he saw Theseus, he called to him, and said -
'O fair youth, help me up with my burden, for my limbs are
stiff and weak with years.'
Then Theseus lifted the burden on his back. And the old man
blest him, and then looked earnestly upon him, and said -
'Who are you, fair youth, and wherefore travel you this
doleful road?'
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