| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: tell us a little about your book."
"Ach, how did you know I was writing one?" she cried playfully.
"Elsa, here, had it from Lisa. And never before have I personally known a
woman who was writing a book. How do you manage to find enough to write
down?"
"That is never the trouble," said the Advanced Lady--she took Elsa's arm
and leaned on it gently. "The trouble is to know where to stop. My brain
has been a hive for years, and about three months ago the pent-up waters
burst over my soul, and since then I am writing all day until late into the
night, still ever finding fresh inspirations and thoughts which beat
impatient wings about my heart."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: chooses the Netherlands as his main subject, because during that
period the Netherlands were the centre of the movement. They
constituted the great bulwark of freedom, and upon the success or
failure of their cause the future prospect of Europe and of
mankind depended. Spain and the Netherlands, Philip II. and
William the Silent, were the two leading antagonists and were
felt to be such by the other nations and rulers that came to
mingle in the strife. It is therefore a stupid criticism which we
have seen made upon Mr. Motley, that, having brought his
narrative down to the truce of 1609, he ought, instead of
describing the Thirty Years' War, to keep on with Dutch history,
The Unseen World and Other Essays |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: advantages of modern science and modern nursing. From these charming
pictures they derive their complacent views of the beauty of
motherhood and their confidence for the future of the race. The other
side of the picture is revealed only to the trained investigator, to
the patient and impartial observer who visits not merely one or two
``homes of the poor,'' but makes detailed studies of town after town,
obtains the history of each mother, and finally correlates and
analyzes this evidence. Upon such a basis are we able to draw
conclusions concerning this strange business of bringing children into
the world.
Every year I receive thousands of letters from women in all parts of
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