| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: parcelling and selling them, and the sums derived from this
source were exclusively reserved to the public treasure of the
Union, in order to furnish supplies for purchasing tracts of
country from the Indians, for opening roads to the remote
settlements, and for accelerating the increase of civilization as
much as possible. New States have, however, been formed in the
course of time, in the midst of those wilds which were formerly
ceded by the inhabitants of the shores of the Atlantic. Congress
has gone on to sell, for the profit of the nation at large, the
uncultivated lands which those new States contained. But the
latter at length asserted that, as they were now fully
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: oil and
meath bedew him
So then let him, God Savitar, provide us excellent, ready,
and
resplendent treasures.
4 With willing mind, Indra, vouchsafe us cattle, prosperity,
Lord of
Bays! and pious patrons;
And, with the sacred prayer by Gods appointed, give us the
holy
Deities' lovingkindness.
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: is lucky that breeds such a unique body once in a score of
generations.
Dipping long strokes and strong, the girl, in concert with the
man, suddenly whirled the tiny craft about against the current and
brought it gently to the shore. Another instant and she stood at
the top of the bank, heaving up by rope, hand under hand, a
quarter of fresh-killed moose. Then the man followed her, and
together, with a swift rush, they drew up the canoe. The dogs
were in a whining mass about them, and as the girl stooped among
them caressingly, the man's gaze fell upon Mrs. Sayther, who had
arisen. He looked, brushed his eyes unconsciously as though his
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