| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hellenica by Xenophon: part of the day was spent in taking long shots at one another on that
field; Euphron pushing his attack down to the point where cavalry
could operate, the citizens retaliating as far as the Heraion.
Presently the time to withdraw had come, and the enemy began to
retire, following the circle of the Trikaranon; the short cut to reach
the Pellenians being barred by the ravine which runs in front of the
walls. The Phliasians escorted their retreating foes a little way up
the steep, and then turning off dashed along the road beside the
walls, making for the Pellenians and those with them; whereupon the
Theban, perceiving the haste of the Phliasians, began racing with his
infantry to outspeed them and bring succour to the Pellenians. The
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri: characters of the offenders, being compelled to decide ten or
twenty cases every day, cannot fix their attention on the
procession of figures which files past the magic lantern of the
courts, but simply leave them with a ticket bearing the number of
the article which applies, not to _*them,_ but to their particular
infraction of the law. Thus the judges will come to
pronouncing the conditional sentence almost mechanically,
just as they have come to give the benefit of attenuating
circumstances by force of habit This device also was introduced in
France in 1832, in order to ``individualise punishment''--that is
to say, to compel the judge to apply his sentence rather to the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: the men in white in that huge council chamber? "
"All in good time, Sire," said Howard. "But not
crudely, not crudely. This is one of those flimsy times
when no man has a settled mind. Your awakening.
No one expected your awakening. The Council is
consulting."
"What council? "
"The Council you saw."
Graham made a petulant movement. " This is not
right," he said. " I should be told what is happening.
"You must wait. Really you must wait."
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