| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne: with my passport in his hand. Monsieur le Duc de C-, said the
Count, is as good a prophet, I dare say, as he is a statesman. UN
HOMME QUI RIT, said the Duke, NE SERA JAMAIS DANGEREUX. - Had it
been for any one but the king's jester, added the Count, I could
not have got it these two hours. - PARDONNEZ MOI, Monsieur le
Count, said I - I am not the king's jester. - But you are Yorick? -
Yes. - ET VOUS PLAISANTEZ? - I answered, Indeed I did jest, - but
was not paid for it; - 'twas entirely at my own expense.
We have no jester at court, Monsieur le Count, said I; the last we
had was in the licentious reign of Charles II.; - since which time
our manners have been so gradually refining, that our court at
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
NEH 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of
Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
NEH 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the
captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach:
the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire.
NEH 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down
and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the
God of heaven,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: From the furnace of life when you've poured off the scum.
Unimportant Differences
If he is honest, kindly, true,
And glad to work from day to day;
If when his bit of toil is through
With children he will stoop to play;
If he does always what he can
To serve another's time of need,
Then I shall hail him as a man
And never ask him what's his creed.
If he respects a woman's name
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