| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Edition of The Ambassadors by Henry James: escaped. He winced as he saw himself but for that timely prudence
ushering in Maria as a guide and an example. There was however a
touch of relief for him in his glimpse, so far as he had got it, of
Sarah's line. She "knew Paris." Madame de Vionnet had, for that
matter, lightly taken this up. "Ah then you've a turn for that, an
affinity that belongs to your family. Your brother, though his long
experience makes a difference, I admit, has become one of us in a
marvellous way." And she appealed to Strether in the manner of a
woman who could always glide off with smoothness into another
subject. Wasn't HE struck with the way Mr. Newsome had made the
place his own, and hadn't he been in a position to profit by his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The United States Bill of Rights: without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war,
but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized.
V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,
unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: She rested her eyes on my face as though in doubt whether I had
enough femininity in my composition to understand the case.
I waited for her to speak. She seemed to be asking herself; Is it
after all, worth while to talk to that man? You understand how
provoking this was. I looked in my mind for something appallingly
stupid to say, with the object of distressing and teasing Mrs. Fyne.
It is humiliating to confess a failure. One would think that a man
of average intelligence could command stupidity at will. But it
isn't so. I suppose it's a special gift or else the difficulty
consists in being relevant. Discovering that I could find no really
telling stupidity, I turned to the next best thing; a platitude. I
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