| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: of the wall at which he and his son had, the evening before,
proved the escape of gas.
The old miner's arm trembled whilst he tried to hoist the lamp up.
"Take my place, Harry," said he.
Harry took the stick, and successively presented the lamp to the different
fissures in the rock; but he shook his head, for of that slight crackling
peculiar to escaping fire-damp he heard nothing. There was no flame.
Evidently not a particle of gas was escaping through the rock.
"Nothing!" cried Ford, clenching his fist with a gesture rather
of anger than disappointment.
A cry escaped Harry.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: ALENCON.
Leave off delays, and let us raise the siege.
REIGNIER.
Woman, do what thou canst to save our honors;
Drive them from Orleans and be immortalized.
CHARLES.
Presently we 'll try: come, let's away about it:
No prophet will I trust, if she prove false.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE III.
London. Before the Tower.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac: recognition as creditor with a lien on the property. He was a stocky
little man, dressed in a gray linen blouse, with a cap on his head,
and was seated in an armchair. Three banknotes, of a thousand francs
each, lying visibly before him on Desroches's desk, informed la
Peyrade that the negotiation had already taken place, and that the
lawyers were worsted. Godeschal's eyes told the rest, and the glance
which Desroches cast at the "poor man's advocate" was like the blow of
a pick-axe into the earth of a grave. Stimulated by his danger, the
Provencal became magnificent. He coolly took up the bank-notes and
folded them, as if to put them in his pocket, saying to Desroches:--
"Thuillier has changed his mind."
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