| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Juana by Honore de Balzac: of a heart hitherto impenetrable. That eldest child was all Juana;
Juana comprehended him; she was sure of his heart, his future; she
adored him, but her ardent love was a secret between herself, her
child, and God. Juan instinctively enjoyed the seeming indifference of
his mother in presence of his father and brother, for she pressed him
to her heart when alone. Francisque was Diard, and Juana's incessant
care and watchfulness betrayed her desire to correct in the son the
vices of the father and to encourage his better qualities. Juana,
unaware that her glance had said too much and that her husband had
rightly interpreted it, took Francisque in her lap and gave him, in a
gentle voice still trembling with the pleasure that Juan's answer had
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: health, and it could only be a matter of a few years, probably of
only a few months, before his successor sat upon the throne.
Upon the other hand, the Prince of Wales's faction had been
steadily, and of late rapidly, increasing in power, and in the
Earl of Mackworth, its virtual head, it possessed one of the most
capable politicians and astute intriguers in Europe. So, as the
outcome of all the plotting and counter-plotting, scheming and
counter-scheming, the case was decided in Lord Falworth's favor.
The knowledge of the ultimate result was known to the Prince of
Wales's circle almost a week before it was finally decided.
Indeed, the Earl of Mackworth had made pretty sure of that result
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: another to make me frankly despise my selfe
Iago. Come, you are too seuere a Moraller. As the
Time, the Place, & the Condition of this Country stands
I could hartily wish this had not befalne: but since it is, as
it is, mend it for your owne good
Cas. I will aske him for my Place againe, he shall tell
me, I am a drunkard: had I as many mouthes as Hydra,
such an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible
man, by and by a Foole, and presently a Beast. Oh
strange! Euery inordinate cup is vnbless'd, and the Ingredient
is a diuell
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