| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: frequently enclosed in their interstices and behind them,--so perfectly
that not a particle could be washed away in the longest transport: out of
one small portion of earth thus completely enclosed by wood in an oak about
50 years old, three dicotyledonous plants germinated: I am certain of the
accuracy of this observation. Again, I can show that the carcasses of
birds, when floating on the sea, sometimes escape being immediately
devoured; and seeds of many kinds in the crops of floating birds long
retain their vitality: peas and vetches, for instance, are killed by even
a few days' immersion in sea-water; but some taken out of the crop of a
pigeon, which had floated on artificial salt-water for 30 days, to my
surprise nearly all germinated.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: at Auch had acted. But it seemed unlikely since he had had his
orders too, and under the Cardinal's rule there was small place
for individual enterprise. Frankly I could not understand it,
and found only one thing clear; I might now enter the village as
I pleased.
'I am going on to look into this,' I said to Antoine. 'Come, my
man.' He shrugged his shoulders, and stood still.
'Not I!' be answered, with an oath. 'No soldiers for me I have
lain out one night, and I can lie out another.'
I nodded indifferently, for I no longer wanted him; and we
parted. After this, twenty minutes' riding brought me to the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: appears, and he is often a used-up man. Settled down, married,
resigned to turning in a circle, and indefinitely in the same
circle, he shuts himself up in his confined function, which he
fulfils adequately, but nothing more. Such is the average yield:
assuredly the receipts do not balance the expenditure. In
England or America, where, as in France previous to 1789, the
contrary proceeding is adopted, the outcome obtained is equal or
superior."
The illustrious psychologist subsequently shows us the difference
between our system and that of the Anglo-Saxons. The latter do
not possess our innumerable special schools. With them
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