| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: carefully studied in a hospital for signs of insanity, but again
it was determined that she was not of unsound mind. She made a
speedy recovery, adjusted herself once more to her surroundings,
and after a few months became married. During the last year or
so there has been no further trouble. A settlement of the law
suit for injuries was made before her more recent period of
depression. At the time of even her last attack we can learn of
no more false accusations having been made. The family attitude
about her has, all along, not been what it should have been to
have gained the proper results, but the problem of poverty was
always with them.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: the door, with her hair half coming down and her dress undone. I
recognised the hand of Gaston.
"We are talking sense," said Marguerite; "leave us alone; we will
be back soon."
"Good, good! Talk, my children," said Prudence, going out and
closing the door behind her, as if to further empbasize the tone
in which she had said these words.
"Well, it is agreed," continued Marguerite, when we were alone,
"you won't fall in love with me?"
"I will go away."
"So much as that?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon: point of the conflict occurred when the Convention wished to
arrest Hebert, the friend of the Commune, and the latter sent
armed bands who threatened the Assembly and demanded the
expulsion of the Girondists who had provoked the measure. Upon
the Convention refusing the Commune besieged it on June 2, 1798,
by means of its revolutionary army, which was under the orders of
Hanriot. Terrified, the Assembly gave up twenty-seven of its
members. The Commune immediately sent a delegation ironically to
felicitate it upon its obedience.
After the fall of the Girondists the Convention submitted itself
completely to the injunctions of the omnipotent Commune. The
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