| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: every one had an equal show, it would be different."
For some moments the Demon sat quietly thinking. Finally the frown
left his face and he said, with animation:
"I have other inventions, which you may use without any such qualms of
conscience. The Electro-Magnetic Restorer I offered you would be a
great boon to your race, and could not possibly do harm. And, besides
this, I have brought you what I call the Illimitable Communicator. It
is a simple electric device which will enable you, wherever you may
be, to converse with people in any part of the world, without the use
of such crude connections as wires. In fact, you may--"
"Stop!" cried Rob. "It is useless for you to describe it, because
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Disputation of the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther: can be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to the very
fewest.
24. It must needs be, therefore, that the greater part of the
people are deceived by that indiscriminate and highsounding
promise of release from penalty.
25. The power which the pope has, in a general way, over
purgatory, is just like the power which any bishop or curate
has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish.
26. The pope does well when he grants remission to souls [in
purgatory], not by the power of the keys (which he does not
possess), but by way of intercession.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: to say so was strong within him. This handsome young
gentleman of title ought not to be escaping with this
restored buoyancy of mien, and this complacency of spirit.
He had deserved to be punished with a heavy hand, and here
he was blithely making certain of new benefits instead.
"I don't know--I'll see," Thorpe moodily repeated--and
there was no more to be said.
CHAPTER XXI
IN the noon hour of the following day was enacted the brief
final scene in the drama of the "Rubber Consols corner."
For long weeks, Mr. Stormont Thorpe had given much thought
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