| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: She thought a moment, not a bit disconcerted. "Well, it must be so
difficult. Mr. St. George tells me it IS - terribly. I've tried
too - and I find it so. I've tried to write a novel."
"Mr. St. George oughtn't to discourage you," Paul went so far as to
say.
"You do much more - when you wear that expression."
"Well, after all, why try to be an artist?" the young man pursued.
"It's so poor - so poor!"
"I don't know what you mean," said Miss Fancourt, who looked grave.
"I mean as compared with being a person of action - as living your
works."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: desirable match in the village. Annie knew, or
thought she knew, that Tom Reed had it in mind
to love her, and she innocently had it in mind to
love him. She thought of a home of her own and
his with delight. She thought of it as she thought
of the roses coming into bloom in June, and she
thought of it as she thought of the every-day hap-
penings of life -- cooking, setting rooms in order,
washing dishes. However, there was something
else to reckon with, and that Annie instinctively
knew. She had been long-suffering, and her long-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Eryxias by Platonic Imitator: prudent pilot or the skilful physician, or the artist of any kind who is
proficient in his art, is more worth than the things which are especially
reckoned among riches; and he who can advise well and prudently for himself
and others is able also to sell the product of his art, if he so desire.
Eryxias looked askance, as if he had received some unfair treatment, and
said, I believe, Socrates, that if you were forced to speak the truth, you
would declare that you were richer than Callias the son of Hipponicus. And
yet, although you claimed to be wiser about things of real importance, you
would not any the more be richer than he.
I dare say, Eryxias, I said, that you may regard these arguments of ours as
a kind of game; you think that they have no relation to facts, but are like
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