| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In the Cage by Henry James: documents, and they a little disappointed her; but in the mean
while there had been more talk, and it had led to her saying, as if
her friend's guarantee of a life of elegance were not quite
definite: "Well, I see every one at MY place."
"Every one?"
"Lots of swells. They flock. They live, you know, all round, and
the place is filled with all the smart people, all the fast people,
those whose names are in the papers--mamma has still The Morning
Post--and who come up for the season."
Mrs. Jordan took this in with complete intelligence. "Yes, and I
dare say it's some of your people that I do."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: She jerked the baby's arm impatiently. He fell on his face,
roaring. With a second jerk she pulled him to his feet, and they
went on. With the obstinacy of his order, he protested against
being dragged in a chosen direction. He made heroic endeavors to
keep on his legs, denounce his sister and consume a bit of orange
peeling which he chewed between the times of his infantile
orations.
As the sullen-eyed man, followed by the blood-covered boy,
drew near, the little girl burst into reproachful cries.
"Ah, Jimmie, youse bin fightin' agin."
The urchin swelled disdainfully.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 2 by Alexis de Toqueville: day by day. Nor do I hesitate to affirm, that amongst almost all
the Christian nations of our days, Catholic as well as
Protestant, religion is in danger of falling into the hands of
the government. Not that rulers are over-jealous of the right of
settling points of doctrine, but they get more and more hold upon
the will of those by whom doctrines are expounded; they deprive
the clergy of their property, and pay them by salaries; they
divert to their own use the influence of the priesthood, they
make them their own ministers - often their own servants - and by
this alliance with religion they reach the inner depths of the
soul of man. *b
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