| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: Delighted with her progress, and fearful of wearying her with
too much wisdom at once, Henry suffered the subject to decline,
and by an easy transition from a piece of rocky fragment
and the withered oak which he had placed near its summit,
to oaks in general, to forests, the enclosure of them,
waste lands, crown lands and government, he shortly
found himself arrived at politics; and from politics,
it was an easy step to silence. The general pause
which succeeded his short disquisition on the state of
the nation was put an end to by Catherine, who, in rather
a solemn tone of voice, uttered these words, "I have
Northanger Abbey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee,
O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition
three times a day.
DAN 6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased
with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he
laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
DAN 6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the
king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no
decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
DAN 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him
into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: got fifty feet away.
I swam to them, breathing hard and nearly exhausted. The
water foamed less furiously about them now. As I came near the
fish leaped half out of the water and came down flat on his side;
I saw his ugly black head pointed directly toward me.
"He's about gone!" Harry gasped.
He was still clinging to the spear.
I set myself firmly against the water and waited. Soon it
parted violently not ten feet in front of me, and again the head
appeared; he was coming straight for me. I could see the dull
beady eyes on either side, and I let him have the spear right
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