| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic: the seal, and as this letter contained some very important
information, my young readers may look over her shoulder while
she reads it. It was as follows:--
Liverpool, Nov. 13, 1845.
"Dear Friend:--I take my pen in hand to let you know that I am
well, and I hope these few lines will find you enjoying the same
blessing. I arrived to Liverpool safe and sound, and when I got
home, I will tell you all about it. Just as we got in to the
dock, I kept thinking about what you told me. They won't let us
have any fires on board ship in the docks; so we all board
ashore. I asked the man where we stopped if he knew such a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Faith of Men by Jack London: eggs, and midway between the two his ego fluttered, striving always
to draw them together to a glittering golden point. This golden
point was the five thousand dollars, the consummation of the idea
and the point of departure for whatever new idea might present
itself. For the rest, he was a mere automaton. He was unaware of
other things, seeing them as through a glass darkly, and giving
them no thought. The work of his hands he did with machine-like
wisdom; likewise the work of his head. So the look on his face
grew very tense, till even the Indians were afraid of it, and
marvelled at the strange white man who had made them slaves and
forced them to toil with such foolishness.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: farewell one evening to the general congregation outside, and
clothed in a new linen garment, he was handed by
the priest into the inner recesses of the temple itself; how
he "approached the confines of death, and having trod on
the threshold of Proserpine (the Underworld), returned
therefrom, being borne through all the elements. At
midnight I saw the sun shining with its brilliant light:
and I approached the presence of the Gods beneath and
the Gods above, and stood near and worshipped them."
During the night things happened which must not be
disclosed; but in the morning he came forth "consecrated
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
