| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson: other, and his face flushed deeply.
"You are not fooling me?" he asked. "You are indeed ruined men
like me?"
"Indeed, I am for my part," replied the Colonel.
"And for mine," said the Prince, "I have given you proof. Who but
a ruined man would throw his notes into the fire? The action
speaks for itself."
"A ruined man - yes," returned the other suspiciously, "or else a
millionaire."
"Enough, sir," said the Prince; "I have said so, and I am not
accustomed to have my word remain in doubt."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac: Great, and all great leaders of their age and nation will show, if
need be, in the highest spheres the same vast thought of which
Troubert was made the representative in the quiet depths of the
Cloister of Saint-Gatien.
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Birotteau, Abbe Francois Troubert, Abbe Hyacinthe
The Lily of the Valley The Member for Arcis
Cesar Birotteau
Villenoix, Pauline Salomon de
Bourbonne, De Louis Lambert
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: observer than Dr. Martineau that some dissension had arisen
between the little, ladylike, cream and black Charmeuse car
and its owner. There was a faint air of resentment and
protest between them. As if Sir Richmond had been in some way
rude to it.
The cap of the radiator was adorned with a little brass
figure of a flying Mercury. Frozen in a sprightly attitude,
its stiff bound and its fixed heavenward stare was highly
suggestive of a forced and tactful disregard of current
unpleasantness.
Nothing was said, however, to confirm or dispel this
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