| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln: to header material.
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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
March 4, 1865
Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath
of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended
address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat
in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper.
Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations
have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great
Second Inaugural Address |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Chouans by Honore de Balzac: sooner than have seen again, in flaming letters on the forehead of
that man, "I despise you,"--words which an inward voice sounded in her
soul with the noise of a trumpet.
After walking a short distance without knowing where she went, she
stopped, conscious of a damp exhalation. Alarmed by the sound of
voices, she went down some steps which led into a cellar. As she
reached the last of them, she stopped to listen and discover the
direction her pursuers might take. Above the sounds from the outside,
which were somewhat loud, she could hear within the lugubrious moans
of a human being, which added to her terror. Rays of light coming down
the steps made her fear that this retreat was only too well known to
The Chouans |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: help. The true sanction of kingship is the grip upon the sceptre.
We aren't going to worry people to vote for us. I'm certain the
mass of men does not want to be bothered with such things....
We'll contrive a way for any one interested to join in. That's
quite enough in the way of democracy. Perhaps later--when things
don't matter.... We shall govern all right, Firmin. Government
only becomes difficult when the lawyers get hold of it, and since
these troubles began the lawyers are shy. Indeed, come to think
of it, I wonder where all the lawyers are.... Where are they? A
lot, of course, were bagged, some of the worst ones, when they
blew up my legislature. You never knew the late Lord Chancellor.
The Last War: A World Set Free |
