| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: the left wall, roaring and rushing. Frequently I touched the wall,
hoping to feel some indications of moisture: But there was no hope
here.
Yet another half hour, another half league was passed.
Then it became clear that the hunter had gone no farther. Guided by
an instinct peculiar to mountaineers he had as it were felt this
torrent through the rock; but he had certainly seen none of the
precious liquid; he had drunk nothing himself.
Soon it became evident that if we continued our walk we should widen
the distance between ourselves and the stream, the noise of which was
becoming fainter.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: rapidly despite existing laws. To repeal these would greatly
accelerate this deplorable movement.[1]''
The Catholic position has been stated in an even more extreme form by
Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes of the archdiocese of New York. In a
``Christmas Pastoral'' this dignitary even went to the extent of
declaring that ``even though some little angels in the flesh, through
the physical or mental deformities of their parents, may appear to
human eyes hideous, misshapen, a blot on civilized society, we must
not lose sight of this Christian thought that under and within such
visible malformation, lives an immortal soul to be saved and glorified
for all eternity among the blessed in heaven.''[2]
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Ancient Regime by Charles Kingsley: shapes of tradition and authority. For under a free press, a nation
must ultimately be guided not by a caste, not by a class, not by
mere wealth, not by the passions of a mob: but by mind; by the net
result of all the common-sense of its members; and in the present
default of genius, which is un-common sense, common-sense seems to
be the only, if not the best, safeguard for poor humanity.
1867
LECTURE I--CASTE
[Delivered at the Royal Institution, London, 1867.]
These Lectures are meant to be comments on the state of France
before the French Revolution. To English society, past or present,
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