| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: little friendly heavens. And he, lean, and unconsciously graceful,
sat at her feet and admired her beyond measure, and rejoiced that
now at last they were going to be ever so much together, and doubted
if it would be possible ever to love any other woman so much as he
did her.
He tried to tell her of Cambridge and his friends and the
undergraduate life he was leading, but he found it difficult. All
sorts of things that seemed right and good at Trinity seemed out of
drawing in the peculiar atmosphere she created about her. All sorts
of clumsiness and youthfulness in himself and his associates he felt
she wouldn't accept, couldn't accept, that it would be wrong of her
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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: before trial or after sentence) better than the poor, who continue
to be honest in spite of their wretchedness.[23]
[23] Even prison experts have been concerned by the vast expense
of the cellular system, and the following question was brought
forward at the Congress at Rome:--``What modifications
would be possible, in accordance with recent experience, in the
construction of cellular prisons so as to render it more simple
and less costly, without detriment to the necessary conditions of
a sound and intelligent application of the system?'' Detailed
recommendations were agreed to on the motion of M. Herbette; but
the system is unchanged, with requirements which can be only very
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: and most unnecessary demand for an additional allowance of
beer. In the enclosed you will not find any alteration from
the original statement, fixed in the galley at the beginning
of the season. I have, however, judged this mode of giving
your people an answer preferable to that of conversing with
them on the beacon. - I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
ROBERT STEVENSON.
`To CAPTAIN WILSON.'
`BEACON HOUSE, 22ND JUNE 1810. - Schedule of the daily
allowance of provisions to be served out on board of the SIR
JOSEPH BANKS tender: "1.5 lb. beef; 1 lb. bread; 8 oz.
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