| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: constitution, which accounts for its passing, unperceived. The
power exists, but its representative is not to be perceived.
We have already seen that the independent townships of New
England protect their own private interests; and the municipal
magistrates are the persons to whom the execution of the laws of
the State is most frequently entrusted. *i Besides the general
laws, the State sometimes passes general police regulations; but
more commonly the townships and town officers, conjointly with
justices of the peace, regulate the minor details of social life,
according to the necessities of the different localities, and
promulgate such enactments as concern the health of the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Carthoris, too, followed the same direction, nor was it
long before his heart was gladdened by the sight of the
moonlit exit from the long, dark passage.
Before him lay a deep hollow, entirely surrounded by
gigantic cliffs. The surface of the valley was dotted with
enormous trees, a strange sight so far from a Martian waterway.
The ground itself was clothed in brilliant scarlet sward,
picked out with innumerable patches of gorgeous wild flowers.
Beneath the glorious effulgence of the two moons the
scene was one of indescribable loveliness, tinged with the
weirdness of strange enchantment.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: woman who was writing a book. How do you manage to find enough to write
down?"
"That is never the trouble," said the Advanced Lady--she took Elsa's arm
and leaned on it gently. "The trouble is to know where to stop. My brain
has been a hive for years, and about three months ago the pent-up waters
burst over my soul, and since then I am writing all day until late into the
night, still ever finding fresh inspirations and thoughts which beat
impatient wings about my heart."
"Is it a novel?" asked Elsa shyly.
"Of course it is a novel," said I.
"How can you be so positive?" said Frau Kellermann, eyeing me severely.
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