| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac: the choir of the cathedral before the Revolution and is now worth, all
by itself, thirty thousand francs."
"That was not right of you, my nephew," said Jean-Jacques, at a sign
from Max, which Joseph could not see.
"Come now, frankly," said the soldier, laughing, "on your honor, what
should you say those pictures were worth? You've made an easy haul out
of your uncle! and right enough, too,--uncles are made to be pillaged.
Nature deprived me of uncles, but damn it, if I'd had any I should
have shown them no mercy."
"Did you know, monsieur," said Flore to Rouget, "what YOUR pictures
were worth? How much did you say, Monsieur Joseph?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: condition of society is always tolerable, never excellent. I am
convinced that, when China is opened to European observation, it
will be found to contain the most perfect model of a central
administration which exists in the universe.]
It is undeniable that the want of those uniform regulations
which control the conduct of every inhabitant of France is not
unfrequently felt in the United States. Gross instances of
social indifference and neglect are to be met with, and from time
to time disgraceful blemishes are seen in complete contrast with
the surrounding civilization. Useful undertakings which cannot
succeed without perpetual attention and rigorous exactitude are
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot: At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives 220
Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights
Her stove, and lays out food in tins.
Out of the window perilously spread
Her drying combinations touched by the sun's last rays,
On the divan are piled (at night her bed)
Stockings, slippers, camisoles, and stays.
I Tiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest --
I too awaited the expected guest. 230
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