| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells: In some indefinable way the black face thus flashed upon me
shocked me profoundly. It was a singularly deformed one.
The facial part projected, forming something dimly suggestive
of a muzzle, and the huge half-open mouth showed as big white teeth
as I had ever seen in a human mouth. His eyes were blood-shot
at the edges, with scarcely a rim of white round the hazel pupils.
There was a curious glow of excitement in his face.
"Confound you!" said Montgomery. "Why the devil don't you get
out of the way?"
The black-faced man started aside without a word.
I went on up the companion, staring at him instinctively
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Disputation of the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther: church of St. Peter with his own money, rather than with the
money of poor believers?"
87. Again: -- "What is it that the pope remits, and what
participation does he grant to those who, by perfect
contrition, have a right to full remission and participation?"
88. Again: -- "What greater blessing could come to the Church
than if the pope were to do a hundred times a day what he now
does once, and bestow on every believer these remissions and
participations?"
89. "Since the pope, by his pardons, seeks the salvation of
souls rather than money, why does he suspend the indulgences
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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: fellow-bathers walking about very nearly "in their nakeds," it struck me
that the umbrellas gave a distinctly "Little Black Sambo" touch.
Ridiculous dignity in holding over yourself a green cotton thing with a red
parroquet handle when you are dressed in nothing larger than a
handkerchief.
There are no trees in the "Luft Bad." It boasts a collection of plain,
wooden cells, a bath shelter, two swings and two odd clubs--one, presumably
the lost property of Hercules or the German army, and the other to be used
with safety in the cradle.
And there in all weathers we take the air--walking, or sitting in little
companies talking over each other's ailments and measurements and ills that
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