| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: or others in authority sit in judgment, things never fail to go
according to the course of the world; namely, men do not like to offend
anybody, flatter, and speak to gain favor, money, prospects, or
friendship; and in consequence a poor man and his cause must be
oppressed, denounced as wrong, and suffer punishment. And it is a
common calamity in the world that in courts of justice there seldom
preside godly men.
For to be a judge requires above all things a godly man, and not only a
godly, but also a wise, modest, yea, a brave and bold man; likewise, to
be a witness requires a fearless and especially a godly man. For a
person who is to judge all matters rightly and carry them through with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes: her limited range of reading, she will never see it; I said it
softly to my next neighbour.
When a young female wears a flat circular side - curl, gummed on
each temple, - when she walks with a male, not arm in arm, but his
arm against the back of hers, - and when she says "Yes?" with the
note of interrogation, you are generally safe in asking her what
wages she gets, and who the "feller" was you saw her with.
"What were you whispering?" said the daughter of the house,
moistening her lips, as she spoke, in a very engaging manner.
"I was only laying down a principle of social diagnosis."
"Yes?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from What is Man? by Mark Twain: occupied the throne. The editor in the picture probably looks
just as Edward looked when it was first borne in upon him that
this was so. His whole attitude expressed gratification and
pride mixed with stupefaction and astonishment.
Edward II. now; twenty BLUE squares. (Fig. 14.)
Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil.
Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it
out with that. That does him good, and makes him smile and show
his teeth, the way he is doing in the picture. This one has just
been striking out a smart thing, and now he is sitting there with
his thumbs in his vest-holes, gloating. They are full of envy
What is Man? |
