| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: it exceeds all measure, so that if all who are thieves, and yet do not
wish to be called such, were to be hanged on gallows the world would
soon be devastated and there would be a lack both of executioners and
gallows. For, as we have just said, to steal is to signify not only to
empty our neighbor's coffer and pockets, but to be grasping in the
market, in all stores, booths, wine- and beer-cellars, workshops, and,
in short, wherever there is trading or taking and giving of money for
merchandise or labor.
As, for instance, to explain this somewhat grossly for the common
people, that it may be seen how godly we are: When a manservant or
maid-servant does not serve faithfully in the house, and does damage,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tattine by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]: you do, but really, Tattine, it did sound as though you were out of your head,
to hear you saying all those sentences over to yourself."
While the children were having this little talk about politeness, Rudolph and
Mabel had climbed into the wagon, and the donkey, acting upon a suggestion
from Tattine's whip, had started down the roadway. The trio were off for
Patrick's, for this was to be the day of the Kirks' "At Home," and, dressed in
kis Sunday-best, Patrick that very minute was waiting at his door to receive
them.
Full two miles lay ahead of the children, and though Barney fortunately seemed
to be in the mood for doing his best, Patrick would still have a full
half-hour to wait. At last the donkey-cart drew up at the Kirks' door and two
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: His whole nature was at once elated and calmed. He was not at all
feverish to get away from his familiar existence, from the woods and
the waters he knew so well, from the large liberty of the unpeopled
forest, the joyous rush of the great river, the splendid breadth of
the open sky. Unconsciously these things had gone into his blood.
Dimly he felt the premonitions of homesickness for them all. But he
was lifted up to remember that the blood into which these things had
entered was blue blood, and that though he lived in the wilderness
he really belonged to la haute classe. A breath of romance, a
spirit of chivalry from the days when the high-spirited courtiers of
Louis XIV sought their fortune in the New World, seemed to pass into
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