| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: say, Donneghey," he added, in a more confidential tone, "I want
to bring one of the men home with me. I want him to keep an eye
on the house to-night"; then after a pause, he concluded
confidentially, "I'll tell you all about it when I get there. It
looks like a kidnapping scheme to me," and with that he hung up
the receiver, unmistakably pleased with himself, and turned his
beaming face toward Zoie.
"It's all right, dear," he said, rubbing his hands together with
evident satisfaction, "Donneghey is going to let us have a
Special Officer to watch the house to-night."
"I won't HAVE a special officer," declared Zoie vehemently; then
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: Many important observations suggest themselves upon the
social condition of the Anglo-Americans, but there is one which
takes precedence of all the rest. The social condition of the
Americans is eminently democratic; this was its character at the
foundation of the Colonies, and is still more strongly marked at
the present day. I have stated in the preceding chapter that
great equality existed among the emigrants who settled on the
shores of New England. The germ of aristocracy was never planted
in that part of the Union. The only influence which obtained
there was that of intellect; the people were used to reverence
certain names as the emblems of knowledge and virtue. Some of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton: to her in the shapeless ruin of her life. When she left the
hospital she found that Mrs. Hochmuller had gone too. She was
penniless, and had no one to turn to. A lady visitor at the
hospital was kind, and found her a place where she did housework;
but she was so weak they couldn't keep her. Then she got a job as
waitress in a down-town lunch-room, but one day she fainted while
she was handing a dish, and that evening when they paid her
they told her she needn't come again.
"After that I begged in the streets"--(Ann Eliza's grasp again
grew tight)--"and one afternoon last week, when the matinees was
coming out, I met a man with a pleasant face, something like Mr.
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