| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: observed, "Thou hast said a great deal upon Paradise Lost: what
hast thou to say upon Paradise Found?" This question resting in
the poet's mind, in due time produced fruit; for no sooner had
his first poem been published than he set about composing the
latter, which, under the name of "Paradise Regained," was given
to the world in 1670 "This," said he to Elwood, "is owing to
you; for you put it into my head by the question which you put to
me, which otherwise I had not thought of." This poem, he
believed, had merits far superior to those of "Paradise Lost,"
which he could not bear to hear praised in preference to
"Paradise Regained." In the same year he published "Samson
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Daughter of Eve by Honore de Balzac: know that a woman is not a child."
"Have I displeased you?"
"Should I be here if you had?"
"But you don't smile to me; you don't seem happy to see me."
"Oh! do you accuse me of sulking?" she said, looking at him with that
submissive air which women assume when they want to seem victims.
Nathan walked on a few steps in a state of real apprehension which
oppressed him.
"It must be," he said, after a moment's silence, "one of those
frivolous fears, those hazy suspicions which women dwell on more than
they do on the great things of life. You all have a way of tipping the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: the road she wanted, and asked for information. She was on
her own ground here. All her life she had had to find her
own trains, check her own trunks, plan her journeys.
Sometimes she had envied the cotton-wool women who had had
all these things done for them, always.
One-half of her mind was working clearly and coolly. The
other half was numb. There were things to be done. They
would take a day. More than a day, but she would neglect
most of them. She must notify the office. There were
tickets to be got. Reservations. Money at the bank.
Packing. When the maid came in at eleven Fanny had
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