| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: down upon with contempt. In some renown, in others money, is the
ruling passion.
Independently of the laws, all these causes concur to
exercise a very powerful influence upon the conduct of the
finances of the State. If the Americans never spend the money of
the people in galas, it is not only because the imposition of
taxes is under the control of the people, but because the people
takes no delight in public rejoicings. If they repudiate all
ornament from their architecture, and set no store on any but the
more practical and homely advantages, it is not only because they
live under democratic institutions, but because they are a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: 'I remember now,' Dan shouted. 'It's as plain as the nose on
your face - Pook's Hill - Puck's Hill - Puck!'
'I remember, too,' said Una. 'And it's Midsummer Day again!'
The young fern on a knoll rustled, and Puck walked out,
chewing a green-topped rush.
'Good Midsummer Morning to you! Here's a happy meeting,'
said he. They shook hands all round, and asked questions.
'You've wintered well,' he said after a while, and looked them
up and down. 'Nothing much wrong with you, seemingly.'
'They've put us into boots,' said Una. 'Look at my feet -
they're all pale white, and my toes are squidged together awfully.'
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: clothed in rose-coloured gauze, looped up with gold and silver,
danced airily, but with perfect modesty, to the sound of viols
and the clanging of tambourines. It is needless to say that Passepartout
watched these curious ceremonies with staring eyes and gaping mouth,
and that his countenance was that of the greenest booby imaginable.
Unhappily for his master, as well as himself, his curiosity
drew him unconsciously farther off than he intended to go.
At last, having seen the Parsee carnival wind away in the distance,
he was turning his steps towards the station, when he happened
to espy the splendid pagoda on Malabar Hill, and was seized with
an irresistible desire to see its interior. He was quite ignorant
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