| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: and do."
"I suppose they might take advantage," admitted
Silas, heavily. "I fear you have always given in
to them too much for their own good."
"Then I shall not give in now," said Annie, and
she shut her mouth tightly.
There came a peal of the cracked door-bell, and
Silas started with a curious, guilty look. Annie
regarded him sharply. "Who is it, father?"
"Well, I heard Imogen say to Eliza that she
thought it was very foolish for them all to stay over
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Alexandria and her Schools by Charles Kingsley: ruined Alexandrian thought. The Creed which taught them that in the
person of the Incarnate Logos, that which was most divine had been
proved to be most human, that which was most human had been proved to be
most divine, ought surely to have given to them, as it has given to
modern Europe, nobler, clearer, simpler views of the true relation of
the sexes. However, on this matter they did not see their way.
Perhaps, in so debased an age, so profligate a world, as that out of
which Christianity had risen, it was impossible to see the true beauty
and sanctity of those primary bonds of humanity. And while the relation
of the sexes was looked on in a wrong light, all other social relations
were necessarily also misconceived. "The very ideas of family and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: 'I will not permit that--I will not suffer Miss Hazeltine to go,'
cried Mr Bloomfield.
'Why?' asked Julia.
Mr Bloomfield had not the least desire to tell her why, for it
was simply a craven fear of being drawn himself into the
imbroglio; but with the usual tactics of a man who is ashamed of
himself, he took the high hand. 'God forbid, my dear Miss
Hazeltine, that I should dictate to a lady on the question of
propriety--' he began.
'O, is that all?' interrupted Julia. 'Then we must go all three.'
'Caught!' thought the Squirradical.
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