| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells: spiritual confusions of this time. It is an account rendered. It
is a statement and record; not a theory. There is nothing in all
this that has been invented or constructed by the writer; I have
been but scribe to the spirit of my generation; I have at most
assembled and put together things and thoughts that I have come
upon, have transferred the statements of "science" into religious
terminology, rejected obsolescent definitions, and re-coordinated
propositions that had drifted into opposition. Thus, I see, ideas
are developing, and thus have I written them down. It is a
secondary matter that I am convinced that this trend of intelligent
opinion is a discovery of truth. The reader is told of my own
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift: which time they can however be properly looked upon only as
probationers: As I have been informed by a principal gentleman in
the county of Cavan, who protested to me, that he never knew
above one or two instances under the age of six, even in a part
of the kingdom so renowned for the quickest proficiency in that
art.
I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl before twelve
years old, is no saleable commodity, and even when they come to
this age, they will not yield above three pounds, or three pounds
and half a crown at most, on the exchange; which cannot turn to
account either to the parents or kingdom, the charge of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: how the girls were so well taken care of. Some of them did very
well: one of them married an ambassador. But of course now I
darent talk about such things: whatever would they think of us!
[She yawns]. Oh dear! I do believe I'm getting sleepy after
all. [She stretches herself lazily, thoroughly relieved by her
explosion, and placidly ready for her night's rest].
VIVIE. I believe it is I who will not be able to sleep now.
[She goes to the dresser and lights the candle. Then she
extinguishes the lamp, darkening the room a good deal]. Better
let in some fresh air before locking up. [She opens the cottage
door, and finds that it is broad moonlight]. What a beautiful
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