| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: others. That is to say, General Betristchev, an intimate friend, and,
I might add, a generous benefactor, of mine, has charged me with
commissions to some of his relatives. Nevertheless, though relatives
are relatives, I may say that I am travelling on my own account as
well, in that, in addition to possible benefit to my health, I desire
to see the world and the whirligig of humanity, which constitute, so
to speak, a living book, a second course of education."
"Yes, there is no harm in looking at other corners of the world
besides one's own."
"You speak truly. There IS no harm in such a proceeding. Thereby one
may see things which one has not before encountered, one may meet men
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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: d'ivoire. On dirait une image d'argent. Je suis sure qu'il est
chaste, autant que la lune. Il ressemble e un rayon d'argent. Sa
chair doit etre tres froide, comme de l'ivoire . . . Je veux le
regarder de pres.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Non, non, princesse!
SALOME. Il faut que je le regarde de pres.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Princesse! Princesse!
IOKANAAN. Qui est cette femme qui me regarde? Je ne veux pas
qu'elle me regarde. Pourquoi me regarde-t-elle avec ses yeux d'or
sous ses paupieres dorees? Je ne sais pas qui c'est. Je ne veux
pas le savoir. Dites-lui de s'en aller. Ce n'est pas e elle que je
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: My Dear Friend:
Tomorrow I shall set out in quest of Pellucidar and Dian.
That is if the Arabs don't get me. They have been very nasty
of late. I don't know the cause, but on two occasions they
have threatened my life. One, more friendly than the rest,
told me today that they intended attacking me tonight.
It would be unfortunate should anything of that sort happen
now that I am so nearly ready to depart.
However, maybe I will be as well off, for the nearer the
hour approaches, the slenderer my chances for success appear.
Here is the friendly Arab who is to take this letter north
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