| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Chronicles 8: 4 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah;
1_Chronicles 8: 5 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
1_Chronicles 8: 6 And these are the sons of Ehud--these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried captive to Manahath;
1_Chronicles 8: 7 and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, were they that carried them captive--and he begot Uzza, and Ahihud.
1_Chronicles 8: 8 And Shaharaim begot children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away, to wit, Hushim and Baara his wives;
1_Chronicles 8: 9 he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam;
1_Chronicles 8: 10 and Jeuz, and Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.
1_Chronicles 8: 11 and of Hushim he begot Abitub, and Elpaal.
1_Chronicles 8: 12 And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof;
1_Chronicles 8: 13 and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath.
1_Chronicles 8: 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Sign of the Cat & Racket by Honore de Balzac: beauty in all its bloom, her maiden modesty in all its glory. She
herself felt a sort of rapture mingled with terror at thinking that
her presence had brought happiness to him whose name was on every lip,
and whose talent lent immortality to transient scenes. She was loved!
It was impossible to doubt it. When she no longer saw the artist,
these simple words still echoed in her ear, "You see how love has
inspired me!" And the throbs of her heart, as they grew deeper, seemed
a pain, her heated blood revealed so many unknown forces in her being.
She affected a severe headache to avoid replying to her cousin's
questions concerning the pictures; but on their return Madame Roguin
could not forbear from speaking to Madame Guillaume of the fame that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy: the Christian virtues, which at first seemed to him easily
attainable. He had given his whole estate to his sister and did
not regret it, he had no personal claims, humility towards his
inferiors was not merely easy for him but afforded him pleasure.
Even victory over the sins of the flesh, greed and lust, was
easily attained. His director had specially warned him against
the latter sin, but Kasatsky felt free from it and was glad.
One thing only tormented him--the remembrance of his fiancee; and
not merely the remembrance but the vivid image of what might have
been. Involuntarily he recalled a lady he knew who had been a
favourite of the Emperor's, but had afterwards married and become
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