| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Woman and Labour by Olive Schreiner: such natural and spontaneous division of labour based on natural sexual
distinctions in the new fields of intellectual or delicately skilled manual
labour, which are taking the place of the old.
It is possible, though at present there is nothing to give indication of
such a fact, and it seems highly improbable, that, in some subtle manner
now incomprehensible, there might tend to be a subtle correlation between
that condition of the brain and nervous system which accompanies ability in
the direction of certain modern forms of mental, social labour, and the
particular form of reproductive function possessed by an individual. It
may be that, inexplicable as it seems, there may ultimately be found to be
some connection between that condition of the brain and nervous system
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: no explanation. At the door of the house in Queen Square,
both alighted; and the cabman lowered the box, which Harry,
glad to display his strength, received upon his shoulders.
'Let the man take it,' she whispered. 'Let the man take it.'
'I will do no such thing,' said Harry cheerfully; and having
paid the fare, he followed Teresa through the door which she
had opened with her key. The landlady and maid were gone
upon their morning errands; the house was empty and still;
and as the rattling of the cab died away down Gloucester
Street, and Harry continued to ascend the stair with his
burthen, he heard close against his shoulders the same faint
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft: the train was gliding off towards our happy desti-
nation.
We thought of this plan about four days before
we left Macon; and as we had our daily employ-
ment to attend to, we only saw each other at night.
So we sat up the four long nights talking over the
plan and making preparations.
We had also been four days on the journey;
and as we travelled night and day, we got but
very limited opportunities for sleeping. I believe
nothing in the world could have kept us awake so
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