| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: 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
their fellow-citizens acquired a power over the rest which might
truly have been called aristocratic, if it had been capable of
transmission from father to son.
This was the state of things to the east of the Hudson: to
the south-west of that river, and in the direction of the
Floridas, the case was different. In most of the States situated
to the south- west of the Hudson some great English proprietors
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: her to do the same.
"You are a faithful servant, all too faithful," he began. "But
you are faithful only to your master. You have no devotion for
his wife."
"You are mistaken," replied the woman in a low tone.
"Perhaps, but I do not think so. One does not betray the people
to whom one is devoted."
Mrs. Bernauer looked up in surprise. "What - what do you know?"
she stammered.
Muller did not answer the question directly, but continued: "Mrs.
Thorne had a meeting recently with a strange man. It was not their
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: A wisp of beauty all alone
In a world as hard and gray as stone --
Oh who could be bitter and want to die
When a maiden moon wakes up in the sky?
Eight O'Clock
Supper comes at five o'clock,
At six, the evening star,
My lover comes at eight o'clock --
But eight o'clock is far.
How could I bear my pain all day
Unless I watched to see
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