| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: are only united together by the bond of force?
I am persuaded that the only means which we possess at the
present time of inculcating the notion of rights, and of
rendering it, as it were, palpable to the senses, is to invest
all the members of the community with the peaceful exercise of
certain rights: this is very clearly seen in children, who are
men without the strength and the experience of manhood. When a
child begins to move in the midst of the objects which surround
him, he is instinctively led to turn everything which he can lay
his hands upon to his own purposes; he has no notion of the
property of others; but as he gradually learns the value of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: KING EDWARD.
Clarence and Gloster, love my lovely queen;
And kiss your princely nephew, brothers both.
CLARENCE.
The duty that I owe unto your Majesty
I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Thanks, noble Clarence; worthy brother, thanks.
Gloster.
And, that I love the tree from whence thou sprang'st,
Witness the loving kiss I give the fruit.--
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: He was undecided. However, having weighed the pros
and cons, he thought that whatever might be the difficulties
of a journey across the steppe without a beaten path, he
ought not to risk capture a second time by the Tartars. He
was just proposing to Nicholas to leave the road, when a
shot was heard on their right. A ball whistled, and the
horse of the kibitka fell dead, shot through the head.
A dozen horsemen dashed forward, and the kibitka was
surrounded. Before they knew where they were, Michael,
Nadia, and Nicholas were prisoners, and were being dragged
rapidly towards Nijni-Oudinsk.
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