| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: the English Church. Thereon he hastened to her, and spoke at
length of the inferences which were drawn from her neglect of
receiving the sacrament, in answer to which she pleaded business
and ill-health as sufficient excuses. But he, suspecting other
causes, gave her advice, and requested she would send for him in
case doubts arose in her mind concerning the faith she professed.
Being now free from all uncertainties, she readily promised
compliance with his desire, and added, "No priest had ever taken
the confidence to speak to her on those matters."
The fact that she no longer communicated becoming more noticed as
time passed, the king spoke to his brother concerning the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: slow. She seems anxious to do well, but acts as if unable to
rouse herself to any great effort. She is quite inaccurate in
arithmetic, and only fair in other school studies. Emotions
normal. In many ways appears normally childish. Her interest in
fairy tales and in the type of make-believe plays in which she
engages with her younger sisters seems mixed with her wonderment
in regard to sex life. There is a distinct tendency to
day-dreaming.
In reviewing the results of tests the only peculiarities to be
noted are a definite weakness displayed in the powers of mental
representation and analysis (she failed on Test X, usually
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce: LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb
his tongue when you wish to talk.
LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a
costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The
traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry
Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also,
as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather
flattery than true reverence.
Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord,
Wedded a wandering English lord --
Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw,"
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