| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: mountain Carter thought he detected unpleasant shadows flitting
across the feebly luminous expanse. It was a strangely arched
window, of a design wholly alien to earth.
The solid rock now
gave place to the giant foundations of the monstrous castle, and
it seemed that the speed of the party was somewhat abated. Vast
walls shot up, and there was a glimpse of a great gate through
which the voyagers were swept. All was night in the titan courtyard,
and then came the deeper blackness of inmost things as a huge
arched portal engulfed the column. Vortices of cold wind surged
dankly through sightless labyrinths of onyx, and Carter could
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.: We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity
and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to
degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise
to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul
force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro
community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for
many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here
today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with
our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our
freedom. We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Critias by Plato: animals, holding our souls by the rudder of persuasion according to their
own pleasure;--thus did they guide all mortal creatures. Now different
gods had their allotments in different places which they set in order.
Hephaestus and Athene, who were brother and sister, and sprang from the
same father, having a common nature, and being united also in the love of
philosophy and art, both obtained as their common portion this land, which
was naturally adapted for wisdom and virtue; and there they implanted brave
children of the soil, and put into their minds the order of government;
their names are preserved, but their actions have disappeared by reason of
the destruction of those who received the tradition, and the lapse of ages.
For when there were any survivors, as I have already said, they were men
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