| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: under Beau-Pied, whom he meant to use as a line of sentinels from the
suburb of Saint-Sulpice to the Nid-aux-Crocs.
Corentin, satisfied with having delivered over the fate of the Gars to
his implacable enemies, went with all speed to the Promenade, so as to
follow with his eyes the military arrangements of the commandant. He
soon saw Gudin's little squad issuing from the valley of the Nancon
and following the line of the rocks to the great valley, while Hulot,
creeping round the castle of Fougeres, was mounting the dangerous path
which leads to the summit of Saint-Sulpice. The two companies were
therefore advancing on parallel lines. The trees and shrubs, draped by
the rich arabesques of the hoarfrost, threw whitish reflections which
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine and Mucedorus by William Shakespeare: And shroud themselves in hideous hollow pits.
The boisterous Boreas thundreth forth revenge;
The stony rocks cry out on sharp revenge;
The thorny bush pronounceth dire revenge.
[Sound the alarm.]
Now, Corineius, stay and see revenge,
And feed thy soul with Locrine's overthrow.
Behold, they come; the trumpets call them forth;
The roaring drums summon the soldiers.
Lo, where their army glistereth on the plains!
Throw forth thy lightning, mighty Jupiter,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: EZE 40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed
broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the
threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
EZE 40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
EZE 40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the
posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
EZE 40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on
this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and
the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
EZE 40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten
cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
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