| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: I've got what money can't buy. I've got you, and thirty millions
couldn't buy you, nor three thousand millions, nor thirty cents-"
A knock at the door interrupted him, and he was left to stare
delightedly at the Crouched Venus and on around the room at
Dede's dainty possessions, while she answered the telephone.
"It is Mr. Hegan," she said, on returning. "He is holding the
line. He says it is important."
Daylight shook his head and smiled.
"Please tell Mr. Hegan to hang up. I'm done with the office and
I don't want to hear anything about anything."
A minute later she was back again.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: ISA 22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be
full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the
gate.
ISA 22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look
in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
ISA 22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they
are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
ISA 22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses
have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
ISA 22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of
the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from First Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln: the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different
parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain
face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile,
must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make
that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after
separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than
friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced
between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war,
you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides,
an no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions
as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
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