| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: there were two ladies of good education. I believe I did not
exaggerate at all when I told him that the prosecutor s manner
was no ruder than that of the authors of serious articles to one
another. Their manners are, indeed, so rude that I cannot speak
of them without distaste. They treat one another and the writers
they criticize either with superfluous respect, at the sacrifice
of their own dignity, or, on the contrary, with far more
ruthlessness than I have shown in my notes and my thoughts in
regard to my future son-in-law Gnekker. Accusations of
irrationality, of evil intentions, and, indeed, of every sort of
crime, form an habitual ornament of serious articles. And that,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: aucun souci de personne.
LE PREMIER JUIF. C'est vrai cela. Dieu est terrible. Il brise les
faibles et les forts comme on brise le ble dans un mortier. Mais
cet homme n'a jamais vu Dieu. Personne n'a vu Dieu depuis le
prophete Elie.
HERODIAS. Faites-les taire. Ils m'ennuient
HERODE. Mais j'ai entendu dire qu'Iokanaan lui-meme est votre
prophete Elie.
UN JUIF. Cela ne se peut pas. Depuis le temps du prophete Elie il
y a plus de trois cents ans.
HERODE. Il y en a qui disent que c'est le prophete Elie.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith: MISS NEVILLE. It is a good-natured creature at bottom, and I'm sure
would wish to see me married to anybody but himself. But my aunt's
bell rings for our afternoon's walk round the improvements. Allons!
Courage is necessary, as our affairs are critical.
MISS HARDCASTLE. "Would it were bed-time, and all were well."
[Exeunt.]
SCENE--An Alehouse Room. Several shabby Fellows with punch and
tobacco. TONY at the head of the table, a little higher than the
rest, a mallet in his hand.
OMNES. Hurrea! hurrea! hurrea! bravo!
FIRST FELLOW Now, gentlemen, silence for a song. The 'squire is
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