| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: such pals than I used to when you were Judy's friend," he
continued with unconscious penetration.
"When I was Judy's friend? Am I not her friend still? Really, you
say the most absurd things! If I were always at Bellomont you
would tire of me much sooner than Judy--but come and see me at my
aunt's the next afternoon you are in town; then we can have a
nice quiet talk, and you can tell me how I had better invest my
fortune."
It was true that, during the last three or four weeks, she had
absented herself from Bellomont on the pretext of having other
visits to pay; but she now began to feel that the reckoning she
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: children; the other is the paramount importance in married life of
deliberate and thoughtful self-control.''
In answer to this point of view Lord Dawson asserted:
``Sex love has, apart from parenthood, a purport of its own. It is
something to prize and to cherish for its own sake. It is an
essential part of health and happiness in marriage. And now, if you
will allow me, I will carry this argument a step further. If sexual
union is a gift of God it is worth learning how to use it. Within its
own sphere it should be cultivated so as to bring physical
satisfaction to both, not merely to one....The real problems before us
are those of sex love and child love; and by sex love I mean that love
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: holding his drawing in one hand. She looked at him again,
with that expression that he had mentally characterized
as "bold," a few minutes before--with dark, intelligent eyes.
Her hair was dark and dense; she was a strikingly handsome
girl.
"I am so sorry you moved," he said, confidently, in English.
"You were so--so beautiful."
She stopped, looking at him more directly than ever;
and she looked at his sketch, which he held out toward her.
At the sketch, however, she only glanced, whereas there
was observation in the eye that she bent upon Longueville.
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