| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: be read, believe therein; and whoso disbelieve therein, 'tis they
who lose thereby.
O children of Israel! remember my favours with which I favoured you,
and that I have preferred you over the worlds. And fear the day when
no soul shall pay a recompense for a soul, nor shall an equivalent
be received therefrom, nor any intercession avail; and they shall
not be helped.
And when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them,
He said, 'Verily, I will set thee as a high priest for men.' Said
he, 'And of my seed?' God said, 'My covenant touches not the
evildoers.'
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: can go whither it will without let or hindrance so long as the
mechanical agencies of man are able to cope with the influences
of Nature. It can ascend to a height which is out of all
proportion to the depth to which the submarine can descend in
safety. It is a matter of current knowledge that a submarine
cannot sink to a depth of more than 250 feet: an aerial vessel is
able to ascend to 5,000, 8,000, or even 10,000 feet above the
earth, and the higher the altitude it attains the greater is its
degree of safety. The limit of ascension is governed merely by
the physical capacities of those who are responsible for the
aerial vessel's movement.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: have the misfortune to own a little box on the Saucelito shore.
I'll be glad to see you there any Sunday--without the fellows in
kilts, you know; and I can give you a bottle of wine, and show
you the best collection of Arctic voyages in the States. Morgan
is my name--Judge Morgan--a Welshman and a forty-niner."
"O, if you're a pioneer," cried I, "come to me and I'll provide
you with an axe."
"You'll want your axes for yourself, I fancy," he returned, with
one of his quick looks. "Unless you have private knowledge,
there will be a good deal of rather violent wrecking to do before
you find that--opium, do you call it?"
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