| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx: their own class, and proclaimed the social republic. Thus the general
purpose of modern revolutions was indicated, a purpose, however, that
stood in most singular contradiction to every thing that, with the
material at hand, with the stage of enlightenment that the masses had
reached, and under existing circumstances and conditions, could be
immediately used. On the other hand, the claims of all the other
elements, that had cooperated in the revolution of February, were
recognized by the lion's share that they received in the government.
Hence, in no period do we find a more motley mixture of high-sounding
phrases together with actual doubt and helplessness; of more
enthusiastic reform aspirations, together with a more slavish adherence
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: "Look at me -- I am absurd and happy; look at
yourself, also absurd and happy; look at every-
body else likewise; look at life -- a jest so delicious
that it is quite worth one's while dying to be made
acquainted with it." That is what Harold Lind
seemed to say. Viola Longstreet became even more
youthful under his gaze; even Jane Carew regretted
that she had not worn her amethyst comb and be-
gan to doubt its unsuitability. Viola very soon
called the young man's attention to Jane's ame-
thysts, and Jane always wondered why she did not
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: And to speak compendiously, if it were obvious in each department that
the introducer of any salutary measure whatsoever will not remain
unhonoured, that in itself will stimulate a host of pople who will
make it their business to discover some good thing or other for the
state. Wherever matters of advantage to the state excite deep
interest, of necessity discoveries are made more freely and more
promptly perfected. But if you are afraid, O mighty prince, that
through the multitude of prizes offered[23] under many heads, expenses
also must be much increased, consider that no articles of commerce can
be got more cheaply than those which people purchase in exchange for
prizes. Note in the public contests (choral, equestrian, or
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