| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: feet?"
The man hesitated. His mouth opened; words shaped vainly on his
lips. She had forced him to bare his heart and speak truths which
he had hidden from himself. And she was good to look upon,
standing there in a glory of passion, calling back old
associations and warmer life. He turned away his head that he
might not see, but she passed around and fronted him.
"Look at me, Dave! Look at me! I am the same, after all. And so
are you, if you would but see. We are not changed."
Her hand rested on his shoulder, and his had half-passed, roughly,
about her, when the sharp crackle of a match startled him to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 118: 12 They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Psalms 118: 13 Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me.
Psalms 118: 14 The LORD is my strength and song; and He is become my salvation.
Psalms 118: 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms 118: 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms 118: 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalms 118: 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore; but He hath not given me over unto death.
Psalms 118: 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the LORD.
Psalms 118: 20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it.
Psalms 118: 21 I will give thanks unto Thee, for Thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation.
Psalms 118: 22 The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: refreshments there. I see none but the lowest do."
"I have learned what I wanted, however," said her mother
quietly. "The last time our relative visited this fair he
said he was living at Casterbridge. It is a long, long way
from here, and it was many years ago that he said it, but
there I think we'll go."
With this they descended out of the fair, and went onward to
the village, where they obtained a night's lodging.
4.
Henchard's wife acted for the best, but she had involved
herself in difficulties. A hundred times she had been upon
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