The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde: And yet what joy it were for me
To turn my feet unto the south,
And journeying towards the Tiber mouth
To kneel again at Fiesole!
And wandering through the tangled pines
That break the gold of Arno's stream,
To see the purple mist and gleam
Of morning on the Apennines
By many a vineyard-hidden home,
Orchard and olive-garden grey,
Till from the drear Campagna's way
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: know.
'I was ashamed of myself for being so silly, and I dabbed my
eyes and said, "The least you can do now is to give poor Ciss
some sort of a charm for me."
'"Yes, that's only fair dealings," he said. "You know the
names of the Twelve Apostles, dearie? You say them names, one
by one, before your open window, rain or storm, wet or shine,
five times a day fasting. But mind you, 'twixt every name you
draw in your breath through your nose, right down to your
pretty liddle toes, as long and as deep as you can, and let it out
slow through your pretty liddle mouth. There's virtue for your
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested
in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may
from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme
and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good behavior,
and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity,
arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties
made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting
Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty
and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States
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