| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Across The Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson: scupulous race.
Physically the Americans have triumphed; but it is not entirely
seen how far they have themselves been morally conquered. This is,
of course, but a part of a part of an extraordinary problem now in
the course of being solved in the various States of the American
Union. I am reminded of an anecdote. Some years ago, at a great
sale of wine, all the odd lots were purchased by a grocer in a
small way in the old town of Edinburgh. The agent had the
curiosity to visit him some time after and inquire what possible
use he could have for such material. He was shown, by way of
answer, a huge vat where all the liquors, from humble Gladstone to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: "For God's sake, don't tell your uncle!" cried the lad.
"If you fear my uncle," returned Jack "why do you not fear the
thunderbolt"?
"That is only an old wives' tale," said the other. "It is only
told to children. Scores of us come here among the woods and dance
for nights together, and are none the worse."
This put Jack in a thousand new thoughts. He was a grave lad; he
had no mind to dance himself; he wore his fetter manfully, and
tended his ulcer without complaint. But he loved the less to be
deceived or to see others cheated. He began to lie in wait for
heathen travellers, at covert parts of the road, and in the dusk of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: upon the resurrection day. And God's is the heritage of the heavens
and the earth, and God of what ye do is well aware.
God heard the speech of those who said, 'Verily, God is poor and
we are rich.' We will write down what they said, and how they killed
the prophets undeservedly, and say, 'Taste ye the torment of burning;'
this shall they suffer for what their hands have sent on before;- for,
verily, God is no unjust one to His servants,- who say, 'Verily, God
has covenanted with us that we should not believe in an apostle
until he gives us a sacrifice which fire devours.'
Say, 'There have come to you apostles before me with manifest signs,
and with what ye talk about; why then did ye kill them, if ye speak
The Koran |
