| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: himself in the happiest proportions.
"The poetry," he remarked, "is hereditary in my family;" and setting down
the empty glasses we also washed our hands. A moon half-grown looked in
at the window from the filmy darkness, and John, catching sight of it,
paused with the wet soap in his hand and stared out at the dimly visible
trees. "Oh, the times, the times!" he murmured to himself, gazing long;
and then with a sort of start he returned to the present moment, and
rinsed and dried his hands. Presently we were sitting at the table,
pledging each other in well-cooled champagne; and it was not long after
this that not only the negro who waited on us was plainly reveling in
John's remarks, but also the cook, with her bandannaed ebony head poked
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: no hesitation in predicting that, if the people of the United
States is ever involved in serious difficulties, its taxation
will speedily be increased to the rate of that which prevails in
the greater part of the aristocracies and the monarchies of
Europe. *o
[Footnote o: [That is precisely what has since occurred.]]
Chapter XIII: Government Of The Democracy In America - Part III
Corruption And Vices Of The Rulers In A Democracy, And Consequent
Effects Upon Public Morality
In aristocracies rulers sometimes endeavor to corrupt the people
- In democracies rulers frequently show themselves to be corrupt
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: had supposed him asleep. During the day Hoichi was able to take some rest;
and he said nothing about his strange adventure. In the middle of the
following night the samurai again came for him, and led him to the august
assembly, where he gave another recitation with the same success that had
attended his previous performance. But during this second visit his absence
from the temple was accidentally discovered; and after his return in the
morning he was summoned to the presence of the priest, who said to him, in
a tone of kindly reproach:--
"We have been very anxious about you, friend Hoichi. To go out, blind and
alone, at so late an hour, is dangerous. Why did you go without telling us?
I could have ordered a servant to accompany you. And where have you been?"
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