| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: very nervous and frequently slept an unusually small number of
hours. Sometimes he would go to bed very late and get up early.
Although he was a very small boy he was accustomed to drinking
six or seven cups of coffee a day. No suspicion from any source
of other bad habits or of improper sex experiences. The boy's
home was clean and decent. The father was accustomed to
celebrate once a month or so by getting intoxicated, but
otherwise was a well behaved man.
On physical examination we found the boy in fair general
condition, although very small for his age. Weight 80 lbs.;
height 4 ft. 7 in. Well shaped, normally sized head. No
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: feminine by her moral instincts only: she has all the tenderness, the
patience, and the foresight that we call "maternal;" but her sex has
disappeared, like the sex of the Dragon-Maiden in the Buddhist legend.
For defense against creatures of prey, or enemies of the state, the
workers are provided with weapons; and they are furthermore protected by a
large military force. The warriors are so much bigger than the workers (in
some communities, at least) that it is difficult, at first sight, to
believe them of the same race. Soldiers one hundred times larger than the
workers whom they guard are not uncommon. But all these soldiers are
Amazons,-- or, more correctly speaking, semi-females. They can work
sturdily; but being built for fighting and for heavy pulling chiefly, their
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: by the contrast, if the author should not
fail on his part.
Scotland, however, had been of late used so
exclusively as the scene of what is called Historical
Romance, that the preliminary letter
of Mr Laurence Templeton became in some
measure necessary. To this, as to an Introduction,
the reader is referred, as expressing
author's purpose and opinions in undertaking
this species of composition, under the
necessary reservation, that he is far from
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