| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: crowds and the successive capitulations before them of those in
authority, we are destined to witness many others of a like
nature.
CHAPTER III
CRIMINAL JURIES
Criminal juries--General characteristics of juries--statistics
show that their decisions are independent of their
composition--The manner in which an impression may be made on
juries--The style and influence of argument--The methods of
persuasion of celebrated counsel--The nature of those crimes for
which juries are respectively indulgent or severe--The utility of
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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: It was, if possible, more dilapidated than before, and he came like a
gray whirlwind, scattering people and dogs out of his way. Almost
before he had had time to enter the hotel Sara Lee heard him in the
hall, and the next moment he was bowing before her.
"I have been longer than I expected," he explained. "Have you been
quite comfortable?"
Sara Lee, however, was gazing at him with startled eyes. He was dirty,
unshaven, and his eyes looked hollow and bloodshot. From his neck to
his heels he was smeared with mud, and his tidy tunic was torn into
ragged holes.
"But you - you have been fighting!" she gasped.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: every boy would have a chance to kiss his
sweetheart before Father Duchesne could find
his way up the stairs to turn the current on
again. The only difficulty was the candle in
Marie's tent; perhaps, as Emil had no sweet-
heart, he would oblige the boys by blowing out
the candle. Emil said he would undertake to do
that.
At five minutes to eleven he sauntered up to
Marie's booth, and the French boys dispersed
O Pioneers! |
