| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Middlemarch by George Eliot: "But I had once meant better than that, and I am come back to my
old intention. I thought that I could hardly SECURE MYSELF
in it better, Fred, than by telling you just what had gone on in me.
And now, do you understand me? want you to make the happiness of her
life and your own, and if there is any chance that a word of warning
from me may turn aside any risk to the contrary--well, I have uttered it."
There was a drop in the Vicar's voice when he spoke the last words
He paused--they were standing on a patch of green where the road
diverged towards St. Botolph's, and he put out his hand, as if to
imply that the conversation was closed. Fred was moved quite newly.
Some one highly susceptible to the contemplation of a fine
Middlemarch |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: traditions which used to obtain in politics, and the individual
tendencies and rivalries of rulers which do not count; while, on
the contrary, the voice of the masses has become preponderant.
It is this voice that dictates their conduct to kings, whose
endeavour is to take note of its utterances. The destinies of
nations are elaborated at present in the heart of the masses, and
no longer in the councils of princes.
The entry of the popular classes into political life--that is to
say, in reality, their progressive transformation into governing
classes--is one of the most striking characteristics of our epoch
of transition. The introduction of universal suffrage, which
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: manner of a blouse. In the girdle was a long dagger
of beautiful workmanship. Dainty sandals encased her
feet, while a wimple of violet silk bordered in gold
fringe, lay becomingly over her head and shoulders.
By her side walked a handsome boy of about three,
clad, like his companion, in gay colors. His tiny surcoat
of scarlet velvet was rich with embroidery, while be-
neath was a close-fitting tunic of white silk. His doublet
was of scarlet, while his long hose of white were cross-
gartered with scarlet from his tiny sandals to his knees.
On the back of his brown curls sat a flat-brimmed,
The Outlaw of Torn |
