| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Louis Lambert by Honore de Balzac: soul through the mysterious and wonderful action and reaction between
thought and speech. Might we not speak of it as a lover who finds on
his mistress' lips as much love as he gives? Thus, by their mere
physiognomy, words call to life in our brain the beings which they
serve to clothe. Like all beings, there is but one place where their
properties are at full liberty to act and develop. But the subject
demands a science to itself perhaps!"
And he would shrug his shoulders as much as to say, "But we are too
high and too low!"
Louis' passion for reading had on the whole been very well satisfied.
The cure of Mer had two or three thousand volumes. This treasure had
Louis Lambert |
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: absolve a man even if he had committed an impossible sin and
violated the Mother of God -- this is madness.
76. We say, on the contrary, that the papal pardons are not
able to remove the very least of venial sins, so far as its
guilt is concerned.
77. It is said that even St. Peter, if he were now Pope, could
not bestow greater graces; this is blasphemy against St. Peter
and against the pope.
78. We say, on the contrary, that even the present pope, and
any pope at all, has greater graces at his disposal; to wit,
the Gospel, powers, gifts of healing, etc., as it is written
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: And of the Arabs of the desert are some who believe in God and
the last day, and who take what they expend in alms to be a means of
approach to God and to the Apostle's prayers,- is it not a means of
approach for them? God will make them enter into His mercy; verily,
God is forgiving and merciful.
As for the foremost in the race, the first of those who fled, and
the helpers, and those who followed them in their kindness, God is
well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him; He has
prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell
therein for aye; that is the mighty happiness.
And of those who are round about you of the Arabs of the desert,
The Koran |
