| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: But after the baby-year the mother was not so constantly in
attendance, unless, indeed, her work was among the little ones.
She was never far off, however, and her attitude toward the
co-mothers, whose proud child-service was direct and continuous,
was lovely to see.
As for the babies--a group of those naked darlings playing on
short velvet grass, clean-swept; or rugs as soft; or in shallow pools
of bright water; tumbling over with bubbling joyous baby laughter--
it was a view of infant happiness such as I had never dreamed.
The babies were reared in the warmer part of the country, and
gradually acclimated to the cooler heights as they grew older.
Herland |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: pease. But I pray you let none of your people stirre me, I
haue an exposition of sleepe come vpon me
Tyta. Sleepe thou, and I will winde thee in my arms,
Fairies be gone, and be alwaies away.
So doth the woodbine, the sweet Honisuckle,
Gently entwist; the female Iuy so
Enrings the barky fingers of the Elme.
O how I loue thee! how I dote on thee!
Enter Robin goodfellow and Oberon.
Ob. Welcome good Robin:
Seest thou this sweet sight?
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: buildings, but to remodel the race so that it may equal the amazing
progress we see now making in the externals of life. We must first
free our bodies from disease and predisposition to disease. We must
perfect these bodies and make them fine instruments of the mind and
the spirit. Only thus, when the body becomes an aid instead of a
hindrance to human expression may we attain any civilization worthy of
the name. Only thus may we create our bodies a fitting temple for the
soul, which is nothing but a vague unreality except insofar as it is
able to manifest itself in the beauty of the concrete.
Once we have accomplished the first tentative steps toward the
creation of a real civilization, the task of freeing the spirit of
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