| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: facility. One note appended to von Junzt's Unaussprechlichen Kulten,
however, was alarmingly otherwise. It consisted of certain curvilinear
hieroglyphs in the same ink as that of the German corrections,
but following no recognized human pattern. And these hieroglyphs
were closely and unmistakably aldn to the characters constantly
met with in my dreams - characters whose meaning I would sometimes
momentarily fancy I knew, or was just on the brink of recalling.
To complete my black confusion, my librarians assured me that,
in view of previous examinations and records of consultation of
the volumes in question, all of these notations must have been
made by myself in my secondary state. This despite the fact that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dreams & Dust by Don Marquis: We will weave of these strands a strong net, we
will snare the bright wings of delight,--
We will make of these strings a sweet lute that
will shame the low wind-harps of night.
The clamor of tongues and the clangor of trades
in the peevish packed street,
The arrogant, jangling Nothings, with iterant, dis-
sonant beat,
The clattering, senseless endeavor with dross of
mere gold for its goal,
These have sickened the senses and wearied the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: But tell me whom thou seek'st.
LUCY.
But where's the great Alcides of the field,
Valiant Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury,
Created for his rare success in arms,
Great Earl of Washford, Waterford, and Valence;
Lord Talbot of Goodrig and Urchinfield,
Lord Strange of Blackmere, Lord Verdun of Alton,
Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, Lord Furnival of Sheffield,
The thrice-victorious Lord of Falconbridge;
Knight of the noble order of Saint George,
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