| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri: a matter of fact, punishment regarded as a psychological motive so
far as it is a legal deterrent, and as a physical motive so far as
it implies the confinement of the person condemned, would more
naturally belong, in abstract logic, to the biological and
physical theory of crime. Whereas it is precisely because I
recognise the influence of social environment, in addition, that
experimental logic convinces me that punishment is not an
efficacious remedy of crime, unless forces are applied beforehand
to neutralise, or at any rate to counteract, the social factors of
crime.
And if this is not a new conclusion, as one of our critics
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain: over the house, straining and staring for a better look
at him, and the judge was hammering with his mallet
and the sheriff yelling "Order--order in the court--order!"
And all the while the old man stood there a-quaking
and his eyes a-burning, and not looking at his wife
and daughter, which was clinging to him and begging him
to keep still, but pawing them off with his hands and
saying he WOULD clear his black soul from crime, he WOULD
heave off this load that was more than he could bear,
and he WOULDN'T bear it another hour! And then he raged
right along with his awful tale, everybody a-staring
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: cabin and ate in the light of it. And this Bill Bassett begins to
brag.
"'Sometimes,' says he, with his mouth full of country produce, 'I lose
all patience with you people that think you are higher up in the
profession than I am. Now, what could either of you have done in the
present emergency to set us on our feet again? Could you do it,
Ricksy?'
"'I must confess, Mr. Bassett,' says Ricks, speaking nearly inaudible
out of a slice of pie, 'that at this immediate juncture I could not,
perhaps, promote an enterprise to relieve the situation. Large
operations, such as I direct, naturally require careful preparation in
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