The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: Desire of wealth hath come upon thy singer: help us then, gakra,
to
our share of riches.
10 Place us by food which thou hast given, O Indra, us and
the wealthy
patrons who command us.
Let thy great power bring good to him who lauds thee. Ye Gods,
preserve us evermore with blessings.
HYMN XXI. Indra.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: was a possibility of guns being laid for them unseen, a fresh
canister of the black vapour was discharged, and where the
guns were openly displayed the Heat-Ray was brought to
bear.
By midnight the blazing trees along the slopes of Rich-
mond Park and the glare of Kingston Hill threw their light
upon a network of black smoke, blotting out the whole valley
of the Thames and extending as far as the eye could reach.
And through this two Martians slowly waded, and turned
their hissing steam jets this way and that.
They were sparing of the Heat-Ray that night, either be-
 War of the Worlds |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: The rumour ran that he had emigrated. But that was only half the
truth. The whole of it was that he had joined that group of noble
travellers who came and went between the Tuileries and the
headquarters of the emigres at Coblenz. He became, in short, a
member of the royalist secret service that in the end was to bring
down the monarchy in ruins.
As for Andre-Louis, his godfather's house saw him no more, as a
result of his conviction that M. de Kercadiou would not relent from
his written resolve never to receive him again if the duel were
fought.
He threw himself into his duties at the Assembly with such zeal and
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