| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: audiences on the 'Advantages of Magnification.'"
"We are bound for the Emerald City now," said the Tin Woodman; "so, if it
pleases you to do so, you are welcome to travel in our company."
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The Woggle-Bug bowed with profound grace.
"It will give me great pleasure," said he "to accept your kind invitation;
for nowhere in the Land of Oz could I hope to meet with so congenial a
company."
"That is true," acknowledged the Pumpkinhead. "We are quite as congenial as
flies and honey."
"But -- pardon me if I seem inquisitive -- are you not all rather -- ahem!
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: --take no hire--give no stipend--build no hut--enclose no pasture
--sow no grain;--let the deer of the mountain be thy flocks and
herds--if these fail thee, prey upon the goods of our oppressors
--of the Saxons, and of such Gael as are Saxons in their souls,
valuing herds and flocks more than honour and freedom. Well for
us that they do so--it affords the broader scope for our revenge.
Remember those who have done kindness to our race, and pay their
services with thy blood, should the hour require it. If a MacIan
shall come to thee with the head of the king's son in his hand,
shelter him, though the avenging army of the father were behind
him; for in Glencoe and Ardnamurchan, we have dwelt in peace in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A treatise on Good Works by Dr. Martin Luther: known to every one, being the sins which have been almost
exclusively preached and proclaimed under this Commandment. These
also include, that we shall prevent others from making sinful use
of God's Name by lying, swearing, deceiving, cursing, conjuring,
and otherwise. Herein again much occasion is given for doing good
and warding off evil.
But the greatest and most difficult work of this Commandment is
to protect the holy Name of God against all who misuse it in a
spiritual manner, and to proclaim it to all men. For it is not
enough that I, for myself and in myself, praise and call upon
God's Name in prosperity and adversity. I must step forth and for
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