| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy: this scene either about a bonnet or a mirror,--nothing is
mentioned but a thick black veil,--still, I imagine that in its
original form, when he was working on the passage, my father may
have brought Anna up to the mirror, and made her straighten her
bonnet or take it off.
I can remember the interest with which he told me this, and
it now seems strange that he should have talked about such subtle
artistic experiences to a boy of seven who was hardly capable of
understanding him at the time. However, that was often the case
with him.
I once heard from him a very interesting description of what
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: not be washed off their feet; when making land, they would be sure to fly
to their natural fresh-water haunts. I do not believe that botanists are
aware how charged the mud of ponds is with seeds: I have tried several
little experiments, but will here give only the most striking case: I took
in February three table-spoonfuls of mud from three different points,
beneath water, on the edge of a little pond; this mud when dry weighed only
6 3/4 ounces; I kept it covered up in my study for six months, pulling up
and counting each plant as it grew; the plants were of many kinds, and were
altogether 537 in number; and yet the viscid mud was all contained in a
breakfast cup! Considering these facts, I think it would be an
inexplicable circumstance if water-birds did not transport the seeds of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: gone back on my teaching of justification by faith alone. I am still of the
same opinion. To remove every possibility for misunderstanding I have
added this explanatory note: 'Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the
lust of the flesh.'"
With this verse Paul explains how he wants this sentence to be understood:
By love serve one another. When I bid you to love one another, this is what
I mean and require, 'Walk in the Spirit.' I know very well you will not
fulfill the Law, because you are sinners as long as you live. Nevertheless,
you should endeavor to walk in the spirit, i.e., fight against the flesh and
follow the leads of the Holy Ghost."
It is quite apparent that Paul had not forgotten the doctrine of
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