| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: by a shaft constructed throughout by herself. It is a genuine work
of architecture, standing as much as an inch above the ground and
sometimes two inches in diameter, so that it is wider than the
burrow itself. This last circumstance, which seems to have been
calculated by the industrious Spider, lends itself admirably to the
necessary extension of the legs at the moment when the prey is to
be seized. The shaft is composed mainly of bits of dry wood joined
by a little clay and so artistically laid, one above the other,
that they form the scaffolding of a straight column, the inside of
which is a hollow cylinder. The solidity of this tubular building,
of this outwork, is ensured above all by the fact that it is lined,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: "Says I to Andy, when we get located at a hotel on South Dakota
Avenue, G.S.S.W. 'Now Andy, for the first time in our lives we've got
to do a real dishonest act. Lobbying is something we've never been
used to; but we've got to scandalize ourselves for Bill Humble's sake.
In a straight and legitimate business,' says I, 'we could afford to
introduce a little foul play and chicanery, but in a disorderly and
heinous piece of malpractice like this it seems to me that the
straightforward and aboveboard way is the best. I propose,' says I,
'that we hand over $500 of this money to the chairman of the national
campaign committee, get a receipt, lay the receipt on the President's
desk and tell him about Bill. The President is a man who would
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pierrette by Honore de Balzac: the men who visit here?"
"I don't think so, cousin."
"Do you love any of them?"
"No."
"Certain?"
"Quite certain."
"Look at me, Pierrette."
Pierrette looked at Sylvie.
"A man called to you this morning in the square."
Pierrette lowered her eyes.
"You went to your window, you opened it, and you spoke to him."
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