| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Numbers 3: 11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Numbers 3: 12 'And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine;
Numbers 3: 13 for all the first-born are Mine: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto Me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast, Mine they shall be: I am the LORD.'
Numbers 3: 14 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:
Numbers 3: 15 'Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.'
Numbers 3: 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
Numbers 3: 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3: 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Numbers 3: 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: My wish receive,
Which great Love grant; and so I take my leave.
LAFEU.
Do all they deny her? An they were sons of mine I'd have them
whipped; or I would send them to the Turk to make eunuchs of.
HELENA.
[To third Lord.] Be not afraid that I your hand should take;
I'll never do you wrong for your own sake:
Blessing upon your vows! and in your bed
Find fairer fortune, if you ever wed!
LAFEU.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin: and we also engaged they should be made by a subsequent law,
but the Assembly did not think them necessary; for one year's tax
having been levied by the act before the order of Council arrived,
they appointed a committee to examine the proceedings of the assessors,
and on this committee they put several particular friends of
the proprietaries. After a full enquiry, they unanimously sign'd
a report that they found the tax had been assess'd with perfect equity.
The Assembly looked into my entering into the first part of
the engagement, as an essential service to the Province, since it
secured the credit of the paper money then spread over all the country.
They gave me their thanks in form when I return'd. But the proprietaries
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