| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: from her the story of her secret engagement, of its ending, and of
my quarrel with John. I will say for her that I am certain she did
not realise that all these things were calculated to cast suspicion
on me. The poor girl is too unused to the ways of police courts, to
the devious ways of the law, to realise what she was doing. The
sight of my revolver broke her down completely and she acknowledged
that it was mine. That is all. Except that I was arrested and
brought here as you see. I told the commissioner the story of my
visit to John Siders exactly as I told it to you, but it was plain
to be seen that he did not believe me. It is plain to be seen also,
that he is firmly convinced of my guilt and that he is greatly
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: as it were in suspense; but if ye be reconciled and fear, then God
is forgiving and merciful; but if they separate, God can make both
independent out of His abundance; for God is abundant, wise.
God's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth! We have
ordained to those who have been given the Book before you, and to
you too that ye fear God;- but if ye misbelieve, verily, God's is what
is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and God is rich and to
be praised!
God's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth! and God
sufficeth for a guardian!
If He will He can make ye pass away, O men! and can bring others;-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis: buggy, they packed the kit and the box of lunch into the back,
crying to each other that it was a magnificent day.
Kennicott had borrowed Jackson Elder's red and white
English setter, a complacent dog with a waving tail of silver
hair which flickered in the sunshine. As they started, the dog
yelped, and leaped at the horses' heads, till Kennicott took
him into the buggy, where he nuzzled Carol's knees and leaned
out to sneer at farm mongrels.
The grays clattered out on the hard dirt road with a
pleasant song of hoofs: "Ta ta ta rat! Ta ta ta rat!" It
was early and fresh, the air whistling, frost bright on the
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