| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: not go without their reward.
Gomez. Do you really believe then that the king will come?
Silva. So many preparations are being made, that the report appears highly
probable.
Gomez. I am not convinced, however.
Silva. Keep your thoughts to yourself then. For if it should not be the
king's intention to come, it is at least, certain that he wishes the rumour to
be believed.
[Enter Ferdinand.
Ferdinand. Is my father not yet abroad?
Silva. We are waiting to receive his commands.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Guy De Maupassant: tried to smile.
"Bah!" N----said, "when we are all blown up, we shall see what it
is like. Perhaps, after all, it may be an amusing sensation,
provided one goes high enough."
"But we shall not be blown up at all," G----, the optimist, said,
interrupting him. "It is all a romance."
"You are mistaken, my dear fellow," Jules de C----replied. "It is
like a romance, but with this confounded Nihilism, everything is
the same; it would be a mistake to trust to it. For instance, the
manner in which I made Bakounine's acquaintance--"
They knew that he was a good narrator, and it was no secret that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: present completed his discomfiture.
"This clock must be slow," said the minister, catching at any words
that would make a sound and break up an evening that was ending
unfortunately.
"True," said de Ronquerolles, looking at his watch; "it is a quarter
to twelve."
He bowed to Madame de Rastignac ceremoniously, and went away, followed
by the rest of the company.
"You saw his embarrassment," said Rastignac to his wife; "he had no
malicious intention in what he said."
"It is of no consequence. I was saying just now to Madame de
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