| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad: all. He used to cast stealthy glances at it, and feel
comforted. There was nothing here the same as in
his country! The earth and the water were differ-
ent; there were no images of the Redeemer by the
roadside. The very grass was different, and the
trees. All the trees but the three old Norway pines
on the bit of lawn before Swaffer's house, and
these reminded him of his country. He had been
detected once, after dusk, with his forehead against
the trunk of one of them, sobbing, and talking to
himself. They had been like brothers to him at that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: Union - Necessity of establishing federal courts of justice -
Organization of the national judiciary - The Supreme Court - In
what it differs from all known tribunals.
I have inquired into the legislative and executive power of
the Union, and the judicial power now remains to be examined; but
in this place I cannot conceal my fears from the reader. Their
judicial institutions exercise a great influence on the condition
of the Anglo-Americans, and they occupy a prominent place amongst
what are probably called political institutions: in this respect
they are peculiarly deserving of our attention. But I am at a
loss to explain the political action of the American tribunals
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: her devotion to him grew stronger. When she met him, he would torture
her with his fears and his entreaties. At last, he announced that he
was going to the prefect himself for information, and would let her
know everything on the following Sunday, between eleven o'clock and
midnight.
When the time grew near, she ran to meet her lover.
But instead of Theodore, one of his friends was at the meeting-place.
He informed her that she would never see her sweetheart again; for, in
order to escape the conscription, he had married a rich old woman,
Madame Lehoussais, of Toucques.
The poor girl's sorrow was frightful. She threw herself on the ground,
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