As one reads each chapter, the reader gains an understanding of each chapter title/topic along with a brief excerpt from the author's personal life.

The letter's existence was first reported in 2008 but only brief excerpts were published.

There they were condescended to with a selection of light classics beefed up with brief excerpts from the more serious canon.

The letters have never been published except as brief excerpts in various areas of research.

Likewise, research in the courtroom has shown that in brief excerpts of judges' instructions to jurors in trials, raters could predict the judge's expectations for the trial.