| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: surely confirmed by the Saviour who hath taught us to believe the
resurrection of the dead, and the recompense of the deeds done in
the flesh, and the unending life of the world to come."
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But Ioasaph was filled hereby with deep compunction, and was
melted into tears; and he said to the elder, "Thou hast told me
everything plainly, and hast completed unerringly thy terrible
and marvellous tale. With such truths set before us, what must
we do to escape the punishments in store for sinners, and to gain
the joy of the righteous?"
Barlaam answered: "It is written of Peter, who was also called
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: going, even if she doesn't know her own name!'
A Goat, that was sitting next to the gentleman in white, shut
his eyes and said in a loud voice, `She ought to know her way to
the ticket-office, even if she doesn't know her alphabet!'
There was a Beetle sitting next to the Goat (it was a very
queer carriage-full of passengers altogether), and, as the rule
seemed to be that they should all speak in turn, HE went on with
`She'll have to go back from here as luggage!'
Alice couldn't see who was sitting beyond the Beetle, but a
hoarse voice spoke next. `Change engines--' it said, and was
obliged to leave off.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Call of the Wild by Jack London: was now beaten more than the others because he was fresher; and
Buck, still at the head of the team, but no longer enforcing
discipline or striving to enforce it, blind with weakness half the
time and keeping the trail by the loom of it and by the dim feel
of his feet.
It was beautiful spring weather, but neither dogs nor humans were
aware of it. Each day the sun rose earlier and set later. It was
dawn by three in the morning, and twilight lingered till nine at
night. The whole long day was a blaze of sunshine. The ghostly
winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of
awakening life. This murmur arose from all the land, fraught with
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