| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: had come with a friend who was a married woman, and so he had
assumed that she was all right. George remembered how
embarrassed he had been when first he had noticed her glances at
him. But then the wine had begun to go to his head--he was one
of those unfortunate wretches who cannot drink wine at all. He
had offered to take the girl home in a cab, and on the way he had
lost his head.
Oh! What a wretched thing it was. He could hardly believe that
it was he who had spoken those frenzied words; and yet he must
have spoken them, because he remembered them. He remembered that
it had taken a long time to persuade her. He had had to promise
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: one day breaking it off and of marrying him to some desirable
young person. From the widow's point of view the situation
lacked finality. How was that to be secured?
One day, toward the end of the year 1876, after the return of
Georges from Egypt, the widow happened to be at the house of a
friend, a ballet dancer. She saw her friend lead into the room a
young man; he was sightless, and her friend with tender care
guided him to a seat on the sofa. The widow was touched by the
spectacle. When they were alone, she inquired of her friend the
reason of her solicitude for the young man. "I love this victim
of nature," she replied, "and look after him with every care. He
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Meno by Plato: BOY: Yes.
SOCRATES: A square may be of any size?
BOY: Certainly.
SOCRATES: And if one side of the figure be of two feet, and the other side
be of two feet, how much will the whole be? Let me explain: if in one
direction the space was of two feet, and in the other direction of one
foot, the whole would be of two feet taken once?
BOY: Yes.
SOCRATES: But since this side is also of two feet, there are twice two
feet?
BOY: There are.
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