| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Profits of Religion by Upton Sinclair: one finds the spirit, ideals, and language of Trade. We have
shown how the symbolism of the Anglican Church is of the palace
and the throne; in the same way that of the non-conformist sects
may be shown to be of the counting-house. In the view of the
middle-class Britisher, the nexus between man and man is cent per
cent; and so in their Sunday services the worshippers sing such
hymns as this:
Whatever, Lord, we lend to Thee,
Repaid a thousand fold shall be;
Then gladly will we give to Thee,
Who givest all.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: from the nearest gate. They moved leisurely, as though there
were no need for haste--nor was there, as I was presently to learn.
Then I turned my eyes once more toward the flier. She was
moving rapidly toward the city, and when she had come close enough
I was surprised to see that her propellers were idle.
Straight for that grim shaft she bore. At the last minute I
saw the great blades move to reverse her, yet on she came as though
drawn by some mighty, irresistible power.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Second Home by Honore de Balzac: turning round, found himself face to face with the Judge, to whom he
bowed. As the footman let down the steps of his carriage, the old
gentleman, who had served the Convention, suspected the junior's
dilemma.
"All cats are gray in the dark," said he good-humoredly. "The Chief
Justice cannot compromise himself by putting a pleader in the right
way! Especially," he went on, "when the pleader is the nephew of an
old colleague, one of the lights of the grand Council of State which
gave France the Napoleonic Code."
At a gesture from the chief magistrate of France under the Empire, the
foot-passenger got into the carriage.
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