| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: hand in the parish. [Footman speaks to her.] In the Yellow
Drawing-room. Shall we all go in? Lady Stutfield, shall we go in
to tea?
LADY STUTFIELD. With pleasure, Lady Hunstanton. [They rise and
proceed to go off. SIR JOHN offers to carry LADY STUTFIELD'S
cloak.]
LADY CAROLINE. John! If you would allow your nephew to look after
Lady Stutfield's cloak, you might help me with my workbasket.
[Enter LORD ILLINGWORTH and MRS. ALLONBY.]
SIR JOHN. Certainly, my love. [Exeunt.]
MRS. ALLONBY. Curious thing, plain women are always jealous of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: Lord Lambeth looked at him with a cold eye and for a moment said nothing.
"It's not so obvious as you might suppose," he rejoined dryly,
"considering what a demonstrative beggar I am."
"I don't want to know anything about it--nothing whatever,"
said Beaumont. "Your mother asks me everytime she sees me whether
I believe you are really lost--and Lady Pimlico does the same.
I prefer to be able to answer that I know nothing about it--
that I never go there. I stay away for consistency's sake.
As I said the other day, they must look after you themselves."
"You are devilish considerate," said Lord Lambeth.
"They never question me."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: SA1 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and
his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my
hand. And they answered, He is witness.
SA1 12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced
Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of
Egypt.
SA1 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before
the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and
to your fathers.
SA1 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto
the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your
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