| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: down, and said he was ashamed; and put up his handkerchief and
pretended to cry, which nearly broke her heart, and she petted him,
and begged him to forgive her, and said she would do anything in
the world he could ask but that; but he said he ought to go hang
himself, and he MUST, if he could get a rope; it was nothing but
right he should, for he never, never could forgive himself; and
then SHE began to cry, and they both sobbed, the way you could hear
him a mile, and she clinging around his neck and pleading, till at
last he was comforted a little, and gave his solemn promise he
wouldn't hang himself till after the race; and wouldn't do it at
all if she won it, which made her happy, and she said she would win
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Timaeus by Plato: opposite affections: and if they conquered these, they would live
righteously, but if they were conquered by them, unrighteously. He who
lived well would return to his native star, and would there have a blessed
existence; but, if he lived ill, he would pass into the nature of a woman,
and if he did not then alter his evil ways, into the likeness of some
animal, until the reason which was in him reasserted her sway over the
elements of fire, air, earth, water, which had engrossed her, and he
regained his first and better nature. Having given this law to his
creatures, that he might be guiltless of their future evil, he sowed them,
some in the earth, some in the moon, and some in the other planets; and he
ordered the younger gods to frame human bodies for them and to make the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: JOB 34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
JOB 34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any
of his ways:
JOB 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and
he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
JOB 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when
he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against
a nation, or against a man only:
JOB 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
JOB 34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne
chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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