| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: of the State.[13]
[13] In my book, "The Psychological Laws of the Evolution of
Peoples," I have insisted at length on the differences which
distinguish the Latin democratic ideal from the Anglo-Saxon
democratic ideal. Independently, and as the result of his
travels, M. Paul Bourget has arrived, in his quite recent book,
"Outre-Mer," at conclusions almost identical with mine.
2. ILLUSIONS
From the dawn of civilisation onwards crowds have always
undergone the influence of illusions. It is to the creators of
illusions that they have raised more temples, statues, and altars
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: caped his ministrations when it seemed that nothing
short of an appointment as Ambassador to Spain
could save them from him. I had called my brother
Kerner a fool and was in danger of hell fire. That
was nothing; but I would try to save him from Jesse
Holmes.
The Fool-Killer got up from his table and came
over to ours. He rested his hands upon it, and
turned his burning, vindictive eyes upon Kerner, ig-
noring me.
"You are a hopeless fool," be said to the artist.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the night. The two heard the chugging of motors, the
sound of brakes and the greetings of new arrivals. The
reinforcements had arrived from Oakdale.
A guard came to the grating of the cell door. "The
bunch from Oakdale has come," he said. "If I was you
I'd say my prayers. Old man Baggs is dead. No one
never had no use for him while he was alive, but the
whole county's het up now over his death. They're
bound to get you, an' while I didn't count 'em all I
seen about a score o' ropes. They mean business."
Bridge turned toward the boy. "Tell the truth," he
The Oakdale Affair |
