| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: by the way,- until ye have washed yourselves. But if ye are sick, or
on a journey, or one of you come from the privy, or if ye have touched
a woman, and ye cannot find water, then use good surface sand and wipe
your faces and your hands therewith; verily, God pardons and forgives.
Do ye not see those who have been given a portion of the Book?
they buy error, and they wish that ye may err from the way! But God
knows best who your enemies are, and God suffices as a patron, and
sufficient is God as a help.
And those who are Jews, and those who pervert the words from their
places, and say, 'We hear but we rebel, and do thou listen without
hearing,' and (who say) 'ra'hina,' distorting it with their tongues
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: fault. And I'll be hanged if I'll stand round and listen to them."
He got his hat and then, finding her alone in a back hall for a moment,
reverted uneasily to the subject.
"There are two sides to every story," he said. "They're going to knife
me this afternoon, all right. Damned hypocrites! You just keep your
head, and I'll tell you my side of it later."
"Harvey," she said slowly, "I want to know now just what you did. I'm
not angry. I've never been angry. But I ought to know."
It was a very one-sided story that Harvey told her, standing in the
little back hall, with Belle's children hanging over the staircase and
begging for cake. Yet in the main it was true. He had reached his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett: you call; 'twont give you no delay," said Mrs. Todd to the doctor.
"Yes, Mis' Dennett's right there, with the windows all open. It
isn't as if my fore door opened right on the road, anyway." At
which proof of composure Mrs. Blackett smiled wisely at me.
The doctor seemed delighted to see our guest; they were
evidently the warmest friends, and I saw a look of affectionate
confidence in their eyes. The good man left his carriage to speak
to us, but as he took Mrs. Blackett's hand he held it a moment,
and, as if merely from force of habit, felt her pulse as they
talked; then to my delight he gave the firm old wrist a commending
pat.
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