| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln: perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the
insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed
no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.
Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration
which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause
of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself
should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less
fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray
to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.
It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's
assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: was trusted in his councils, to accept the royal love, which it
was surmised would be proffered her; so that by the influence
which she would consequently obtain, she might hold him to the
promises he might make the Duchess of Orleans.
As had been anticipated, the king became enamoured of this
charming woman, who, before departing with the princess,
faithfully promised to return and become his mistress. In his
desire to possess her the merry monarch was upheld by his grace
of Buckingham, who, continuing in enmity with the Duchess of
Cleveland, resolved to prevent her regaining influence over the
king by adding the beautiful Frenchwoman to the number of his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: mind's eye, he pictured to himself every roasting-pig running
about with a pudding in his belly, and an apple in his mouth; the
pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked
in with a coverlet of crust; the geese were swimming in their own
gravy; and the ducks pairing cosily in dishes, like snug married
couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers
he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy
relishing ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up,
with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of
savory sausages; and even bright chanticleer himself lay
sprawling on his back, in a side dish, with uplifted claws, as if
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
