| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from At the Sign of the Cat & Racket by Honore de Balzac: hand."
"Drapery always comes out well," replied the painter. "We should be
only too happy, we modern artists, if we could touch the perfection of
antique drapery."
"So you like drapery!" cried old Guillaume. "Well, then, by Gad! shake
hands on that, my young friend. Since you can respect trade, we shall
understand each other. And why should it be despised? The world began
with trade, since Adam sold Paradise for an apple. He did not strike a
good bargain though!" And the old man roared with honest laughter,
encouraged by the champagne, which he sent round with a liberal hand.
The band that covered the young artist's eyes was so thick that he
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An Open Letter on Translating by Dr. Martin Luther: are therefore obligated to do so. Therefore, this offense is not
to be tolerated whereby those who are weak and of the flesh
participate in idolatry, against the first commandment and our
baptism. Even if one tries nothing other than to switch their
trust from the saints to Christ, through teaching and practice, it
will be difficult to accomplish, that one should come to him and
rightly take hold of him. One need not paint the Devil on the
door - he will already be present.
We can finally be certain that God is not angry with us, and that
even if we do not call on the saints for intercession, we are
secure for God has never commanded it. God says that God is a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty
his vessels, and break their bottles.
JER 48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel
was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
JER 48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
JER 48:15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his
chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose
name is the LORD of hosts.
JER 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction
hasteth fast.
JER 48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know
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