| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: and she said, 'O that I had died before this, and been forgotten out
of mind!' and he called to her from beneath her 'Grieve not, for thy
Lord has placed a stream beneath thy feet, and shake towards thee
the trunk of the palm tree, it will drop upon thee fresh dates fit
to gather; so eat, and drink, and cheer thine eye; and if thou
shouldst see any mortal say, "Verily, I have vowed to the Merciful One
a fast, and I will not speak to-day with a human being."'
Then she brought it to her people, carrying it; said they, 'O
Mary! thou hast done an extraordinary thing! O sister of Aaron! thy
father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!'
And she pointed to him, and they said, 'How are we to speak with one
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: adducti non prius Viridovicem reliquosque duces ex concilio dimittunt quam
ab iis sit concessum arma uti capiant et ad castra contendant. Qua re
concessa laeti, ut explorata victoria, sarmentis virgultisque collectis,
quibus fossas Romanorum compleant, ad castra pergunt.
Locus erat castrorum editus et paulatim ab imo acclivis circiter
passus mille. Huc magno cursu contenderunt, ut quam minimum spatii ad se
colligendos armandosque Romanis daretur, exanimatique pervenerunt.
Sabinus suos hortatus cupientibus signum dat. Impeditis hostibus propter
ea quae ferebant onera subito duabus portis eruptionem fieri iubet.
Factum est oportunitate loci, hostium inscientia ac defatigatione, virtute
militum et superiorum pugnarum exercitatione, ut ne unum quidem nostrorum
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mayflower Compact: of Virginia; doe, by these Presents, solemnly and mutually
in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and
combine ourselves together into a civill Body Politick,
for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance
of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact,
constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances,
Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time,
as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the
Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise
all due Submission and Obedience.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names
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