| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Woman and Labour by Olive Schreiner: those which divide orders in the animal world. Only a mind exceedingly
alert and analytical can fail ultimately to be misled by habitual visual
misrepresentation. There is not, probably, one man or woman in twenty
thousand who is not powerfully influenced in modern life in their
conception of the differences, physical and intellectual, dividing the
human male and female, by the grotesque exaggerations of modern attire and
artificial manners.)
No study of the mere physical differences between individuals of different
races would have enabled us to arrive at any knowledge of their mental
aptitude; nor does the fact that certain individuals of a given human
variety have certain aptitudes form a rational ground for compelling all
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: swimming in love and happiness. Am I awake or am I dreaming
you, and are we dreaming one another? Hold my hand--hold it
hard and tight. I'm trembling with love for you and all the
world. . . . If I say more I shall be weeping."
For a long time they stood side by side saying not a word to
one another.
Presently the band down below and the dancing ceased and the
little lights were extinguished. The silent moon seemed to
grow brighter and larger and the whisper of the waters
louder. A crowd of young people flowed out of the gardens and
passed by on their way home. Sir Richmond and Miss Grammont
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: 'I don't know. Do you mind waiting a while. I'll ring when I'm ready.'
'Very good, Sir Clifford!' she replied, so soft and submissive,
withdrawing quietly. But every rebuff stored up new energy of will in
her.
When he rang, after a time, she would appear at once. And then he would
say:
'I think I'd rather you shaved me this morning.'
Her heart gave a little thrill, and she replied with extra softness:
'Very good, Sir Clifford!'
She was very deft, with a soft, lingering touch, a little slow. At
first he had resented the infinitely soft touch of her lingers on his
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