| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: did not give the impression of being an athlete,
nor of a man in training, for he appeared to
be over-fat and not particularly muscular; but
he made records in lifting which, to the best
of my knowledge, no other man has been able
to duplicate.
John Grun Marx, a Luxemberger, must have
been among the strongest men in the world at
the time I knew him. We worked on the same
bill several times; but it was at the Olympia,
in Paris, that he shone supreme as a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac: were greater and happier in these days than in those of Henri IV.,
Louis XIV., and Louis XVI., monarchs who have all left the stamp of
their reigns upon Les Aigues. What palace, what royal castle, what
mansions, what noble works of art, what gold brocaded stuffs are
sacred now? The petticoats of our grandmothers go to cover the chairs
in these degenerate days. Selfish and thieving interlopers that we
are, we pull down everything and plant cabbages where marvels once
were rife. Only yesterday the plough levelled Persan, that magnificent
domain which gave a title to one of the most opulent families of the
old parliament; hammers have demolished Montmorency, which cost an
Italian follower of Napoleon untold sums; Val, the creation of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: himself. She knew quite well that the coldness that had clutched
her heart when he gave his name had had nothing to do with fear.
There had been chagrin, disappointment, but nothing in the least
like the terror she might have expected. The simple truth was
that he had seemed so much a man that it had hurt her to find him
also a wild beast.
Deep in her heart she resented the conviction forced upon her.
Reckless he undoubtedly was, at odds with the law surely, but it
was hard to admit that attractive personality to be the mask of
fiendish cruelty and sinister malice. And yet--the facts spoke
for themselves. He had not even attempted a denial. Still there
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