| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin: voluntary and partly involuntary, and I apprehend that sobbing
is at least in part due to children having some power to command
after early infancy their vocal organs and to stop their screams,
but from having less power over their respiratory muscles,
these continue for a time to act in an involuntary or
spasmodic manner, after having been brought into violent action.
Sobbing seems to be peculiar to the human species; for the keepers
in the Zoological Gardens assure me that they have never heard
a sob from any kind of monkey; though monkeys often scream loudly
whilst being chased and caught, and then pant for a long time.
We thus see that there is a close analogy between sobbing
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift: her care and tending; or else, in Thy mercy, raise up some other in
her place with equal disposition and better abilities. Lessen, O
Lord, we beseech thee, her bodily pains, or give her a double
strength of mind to support them. And if Thou wilt soon take her
to Thyself, turn our thoughts rather upon that felicity which we
hope she shall enjoy, than upon that unspeakable loss we shall
endure. Let her memory be ever dear unto us, and the example of
her many virtues, as far as human infirmity will admit, our
constant imitation. Accept, O Lord, these prayers poured from the
very bottom of our hearts, in Thy mercy, and for the merits of our
blessed Saviour. AMEN.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: Yard, all were thoughtful and serious, even Poins' and Vere's
merry tongues being stilled from their usual quips and jesting.
It was. about the quarter of the hour before eleven o'clock when
Myles, with Gascoyne, set forth for the lists. The Prince of
Wales, together with most of his court, had already gone on to
Smithfield, leaving behind him six young knights of his household
to act as escort to the young champion. Then at last the order to
horse was given; the great gate swung open, and out they rode,
clattering and jingling, the sunlight gleaming and flaming and
flashing upon their polished armor. They drew rein to the right,
and so rode in a little cloud of dust along the Strand Street
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