| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: the precious blood of thy Son our Lord. Upon thee I call, and
upon thine only begotten Son, and upon the Holy Ghost. Look upon
this thy spiritual sheep that hath come to be a sacrifice unto
thee through me thine unworthy servant, and do thou sanctify his
soul with thy might and grace. Visit this vine, which was
planted by thy Holy Spirit, and grant it to bear fruit, the fruit
of righteousness. Strengthen him, and confirm in him thy
covenant, and rescue him from the deceit of the devil. With the
wisdom of thy good Spirit teach him to do thy will, and take not
thy succour from him, but grant unto him, with me thine
unprofitable servant, to become an inheritor of thine everlasting
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: With their help I managed to get the unwieldy tons
of its great bulk into a vertical position--the nose deep
in a hole we had dug in the sand and the rest of it
supported by the trunks of date-palms cut for the
purpose.
It was a mighty engineering job with only wild Arabs
and their wilder mounts to do the work of an electric
crane--but finally it was completed, and I was ready
for departure.
For some time I hesitated to take the Mahar back
with me. She had been docile and quiet ever since she
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: that all vegetation should become scorched and burnt off from
the face of the island.
In spite, however, of the profuse perspirations from which he suffered,
Ben Zoof, constant to his principles, expressed no surprise at the
unwonted heat. No remonstrances from his master could induce him to abandon
his watch from the cliff. To withstand the vertical beams of that noontide
sun would seem to require a skin of brass and a brain of adamant; but yet,
hour after hour, he would remain conscientiously scanning the surface of
the Mediterranean, which, calm and deserted, lay outstretched before him.
On one occasion, Servadac, in reference to his orderly's indomitable
perseverance, happened to remark that he thought he must have been born
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