| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: 'What is that in thy right hand, O Moses?'
Said he, 'It is my staff on which I lean, and wherewith I beat
down leaves for my flocks, and for which I have other uses.'
Said He, 'Throw it down, O Moses!' and he threw it down, and behold!
it was a snake that moved about.
Said He, 'Take hold of it and fear not; we will restore it to its
first state.
'But press thy hand to thy side, it shall come forth white without
harm,-another sign! to show thee of our great signs!
'Go unto Pharaoh, verily, he is outrageous!'
Said he, 'My Lord! expand for me my breast; and make what I am
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: year. They don't care whether the people hate them or love them,
just so long as they are afraid of them. It's not right and God
will punish them sooner or later."
A little after this the two young men took themselves away, Dyke
obligingly carrying them in the wagon as far as the gate that
opened into the Quien Sabe ranch. On the way, Presley referred
to what Mrs. Dyke had said and led Dyke, himself, to speak of the
P. and S. W.
"Well," Dyke said, "it's like this, Mr. Presley. I, personally,
haven't got the right to kick. With you wheat-growing people I
guess it's different, but hops, you see, don't count for much in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: wear.
THE HAPPIEST DAYS
You do not know it, little man,
In your summer coat of tan
And your legs bereft of hose
And your peeling, sunburned nose,
With a stone bruise on your toe,
Almost limping as you go
Running on your way to play
Through another summer day,
Friend of birds and streams and trees,
A Heap O' Livin' |
