| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: therein for aye-pleasant is the hire of those who work! those who
are patient and rely upon their Lord!
How many a beast cannot carry its own provision! God provides for it
and for you; He both hears and knows!
And if thou shouldst ask them, 'Who created the heavens and the
earth, and subjected the sun and the moon?' they will surely say,
'God!' how then can they lie?
God extends provision to whomsoever He will of His servants, or
doles it out to him; verily, God all things doth know.
And if thou shouldst ask them, 'Who sends down from the heavens
water and quickens therewith the earth in its death?' they will surely
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Euthyphro by Plato: he will be a very great public benefactor.
EUTHYPHRO: I hope that he may; but I rather fear, Socrates, that the
opposite will turn out to be the truth. My opinion is that in attacking
you he is simply aiming a blow at the foundation of the state. But in what
way does he say that you corrupt the young?
SOCRATES: He brings a wonderful accusation against me, which at first
hearing excites surprise: he says that I am a poet or maker of gods, and
that I invent new gods and deny the existence of old ones; this is the
ground of his indictment.
EUTHYPHRO: I understand, Socrates; he means to attack you about the
familiar sign which occasionally, as you say, comes to you. He thinks that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: enemies than Rokoff and Paulvitch." He saw that she knew
nothing of the occurrence in the Rue Maule, nor did he
mention it, fearing that it might distress her.
"For your own safety," he continued, "why do you not turn
the scoundrels over to the authorities? They should make
quick work of them."
She hesitated for a moment before replying.
"There are two reasons," she said finally. "One of them
it is that keeps the count from doing that very thing.
The other, my real reason for fearing to expose them, I have
never told--only Rokoff and I know it. I wonder," and
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