| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac: Reformation, he might have been Pizarro, Fernando Cortez, or Morgan
the Exterminator,--a man of violent action of some kind.
The fourth man, sitting on a thwart wrapped in his cloak, belonged,
evidently, to the highest portion of society. The fineness of his
linen, its cut, the material and scent of his clothing, the style and
skin of his gloves, showed him to be a man of courts, just as his
bearing, his haughtiness, his composure and his all-embracing glance
proved him to be a man of war. The aspect of this personage made a
spectator uneasy in the first place, and then inclined him to respect.
We respect a man who respects himself. Though short and deformed, his
manners instantly redeemed the disadvantages of his figure. The ice
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: had known. He tore off his cap and waved it.
"Good-by, you-all!" he called. "Good-by, you-all!"
PART II
CHAPTER I
In no blaze of glory did Burning Daylight descend upon San
Francisco. Not only had he been forgotten, but the Klondike
along with him. The world was interested in other things, and
the
Alaskan adventure, like the Spanish War, was an old story. Many
things had happened since then. Exciting things were happening
every day, and the sensation-space of newspapers was limited.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: regards suddenness. Why? Because the liquid which I employ,
ammonia, cannot be compared, for deadly efficacy, with the Lycosa's
poison, a pretty formidable poison, as we shall see.
I make a Tarantula bite the leg of a young, well-fledged Sparrow,
ready to leave the nest. A drop of blood flows; the wounded spot
is surrounded by a reddish circle, changing to purple. The bird
almost immediately loses the use of its leg, which drags, with the
toes doubled in; it hops upon the other. Apart from this, the
patient does not seem to trouble much about his hurt; his appetite
is good. My daughters feed him on Flies, bread-crumb, apricot-
pulp. He is sure to get well, he will recover his strength; the
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