| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lock and Key Library by Julian Hawthorne, Ed.: The doors were thrown back, and were waving gently in the draught.
One of the lower drawers was pulled out, and in a sudden flare of
the candle-light I could see something glistening at its bottom.
Then the light dwindled again, the candle was almost out, and the
cabinet showed a dim black mass in the darkness. Up and down went
the flame, and each returning brightness flashed back at me from
the thing inside the drawer. I stood fascinated, my eyes fixed
upon the spot, waiting for the fitful glitter as it came and went.
What was there there? I knew that I must go and see, but I did not
want to. If only the cabinet would close again before I looked,
before I knew what was inside it. But it stood open, and the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: article of his apparel.
'You shan't have him all to yourself, Rosalie,' said Miss Matilda
at the close of this discussion; 'I like him: I know he'd make a
nice, jolly companion for me.'
'Well, you're quite welcome to him, Matilda,' replied her sister,
in a tone of affected indifference.
'And I'm sure,' continued the other, 'he admires me quite as much
as he does you; doesn't he, Miss Grey?'
'I don't know; I'm not acquainted with his sentiments.'
'Well, but he DOES though.'
'My DEAR Matilda! nobody will ever admire you till you get rid of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri: isolation for the prisoner to fall back upon his conscience, or to
listen to the voice of remorse, or to receive an impression of
devotion and fear. After this comes the Auburnian phase, of
isolation by night and labour (when labour is accorded) by day,
with the constraint of silence. Then an intermediary period in
the agricultural colony or labour-gang outside the prison, like a
period of convalescence, to accustom the lungs to the keen air of
liberty. This is the phase added by Sir W. Crofton to the English
system. Lastly comes the period of conditional release (on ticket
of leave), whereby the last portion of the punishment is remitted,
and will count as expiated if during the time of liberation, and
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