| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Smalcald Articles by Dr. Martin Luther: IV.
That the Son became man in this manner, that He was conceived,
without the cooperation of man, by the Holy Ghost, and was
born of the pure, holy [and always] Virgin Mary. Afterwards He
suffered, died, was buried, descended to hell, rose from the
dead, ascended to heaven, sits at the right hand of God, will
come to judge the quick and the dead, etc. as the Creed of the
Apostles, as well as that of St. Athanasius, and the Catechism
in common use for children, teach.
Concerning these articles there is no contention or dispute,
since we on both sides confess them. Therefore it is not
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Recruit by Honore de Balzac: the large square to go to their several houses.
That terrible magistrate was, in fact, alone with the countess, who
waited, trembling, till it should please him to depart.
"Citoyenne," he said, after a long silence in which there was
something terrifying, "I am here to enforce the laws of the Republic."
Madame de Dey shuddered.
"Have you nothing to reveal to me?" he demanded.
"Nothing," she replied, astonished.
"Ah! madame," cried the prosecutor, changing his tone and seating
himself beside her, "at this moment, for want of a word between us,
you and I may be risking our heads on the scaffold. I have too long
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: beside him was dusting it. The wounded prisoner looked about him
without fear, but it was plain he was near the limit of
endurance. He was pale as a sheet, and his fair curls clung
moistly to his damp forehead.
McWilliams caught sight of her first, and she could see him turn
and say a word to his comrade. Bannister looked up, caught sight
of her, and smiled. That smile, so pale and wan, went to her
heart like a knife. But the message of her eyes was hope. They
told the prisoners silently to be of good cheer, that at least
they were not deserted to their fate.
"What is it about--the crowd?" Nora asked of her mistress as the
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