| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: always seemed more prominent than the faults. Measured among women--our
women at home, I mean--he had always stood high. He was visibly popular.
Even where his habits were known, there was no discrimination against him;
in some cases his reputation for what was felicitously termed "gaiety"
seemed a special charm.
But here, against the calm wisdom and quiet restrained humor
of these women, with only that blessed Jeff and my inconspicuous
self to compare with, Terry did stand out rather strong.
As "a man among men," he didn't; as a man among--I shall
have to say, "females," he didn't; his intense masculinity seemed
only fit complement to their intense femininity. But here he was
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: Keep back Cromwell's men;
Drown them if they come on.--Sargeant, your office.
[Enter Cromwell, they make a lane with their
halberts.]
CROMWELL.
What means my Lord of Norfolk by these words?
Sirs, come along.
GARDINER.
Kill them, if they come on.
SARGEANT.
Lord Cromwell, in king Henry's name,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Statesman by Plato: of them, conclude that all classes are much alike, and that one is as good
as another, and that the liberties of no class are safe in the hands of the
rest. The higher ranks have the advantage in education and manners, the
middle and lower in industry and self-denial; in every class, to a certain
extent, a natural sense of right prevails, sometimes communicated from the
lower to the higher, sometimes from the higher to the lower, which is too
strong for class interests. There have been crises in the history of
nations, as at the time of the Crusades or the Reformation, or the French
Revolution, when the same inspiration has taken hold of whole peoples, and
permanently raised the sense of freedom and justice among mankind.
But even supposing the different classes of a nation, when viewed
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