| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: things," I continued, "God would seem to have imposed on her the
indoor works; and knowing that He had implanted in the woman and
imposed upon her the nurture of new-born babies, He endowed her with a
larger share of affection for the new-born child than He bestowed upon
man.[24] And since He imposed on woman the guardianship of the things
imported from without, God, in His wisdom, perceiving that a fearful
spirit was no detriment to guardianship,[25] endowed the woman with a
larger measure of timidity than He bestowed on man. Knowing further
that he to whom the outdoor works belonged would need to defend them
against malign attack, He endowed the man in turn with a larger share
of courage.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: on the hearthrug. But when he drew himself stiffly to attention he
overdid the thing rather and went over backward with a crash.
He was up again almost immediately, very flushed and uncomfortable.
After that he kept himself in hand, but the King, who had a way all his
own of forgetting his divine right to rule, and a great many other
things - the King watched him gravely.
Henri sat in a chair and made a clean breast of it. Because he was
feeling rather strange he told a great many things that an agent of the
secret service is hardly expected to reveal to his king. He mentioned,
for instance, the color of Sara Lee's eyes, and the way she bandaged,
like one who had been trained.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: humanity, to sympathize with the chief figure in the pageant, who
is no more accountable for the manifold evils and abominations
that exist in his realm than the Lord Mayor is accountable for
the thefts of the pickpockets who follow his show on the ninth of
November."
Sir Charles laughed at the trouble Trefusis took to prove his
case, and said soothingly, "My dear fellow, kings are used to it,
and expect it, and like it."
"And probably do not see themselves as I see them, any more than
common people do," assented Trefusis.
"What an exquisite face!" exclaimed Erskine suddenly, catching
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