| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: people of Noah and 'Ad and Haman, of those after them; for God desires
not injustice for His servants. O my people! verily, I fear for you
the day of crying 'Out,-the day when ye shall turn your backs,
fleeing, with no defender for you against God; for he whom God leads
astray, for him there is no guide!
'And Joseph came to you before with manifest signs, but ye ceased
not to doubt concerning what he brought you, until, when he
perished, ye said, God will not send after him an apostle;" thus
does God lead astray him who is extravagant, a doubter.
'Those who wrangle concerning the signs of God without authority
having come to them are greatly hated by God and by those who believe;
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: Take home a smile; forget the petty cares..... 71
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White
and Blue.................................... 98
The happiest nights........................... 110
The green is in the meadow.................... 86
The kids are out-of-doors once more........... 104
The little path that leads to home............ 30
The man who wants a garden fair............... 56
There is no star within the flag.............. 160
There must be great rejoicin' on the Golden
Shore to-day................................ 54
A Heap O' Livin' |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac: policy to which even his enemies have since done signal justice; alone
with us he gave judgment on all things, foreign and domestic, yet we
had no legitimate influence; often we were consulted like Laforet by
Moliere, and made to feel that the hesitations of long experience were
confirmed or removed by the vigorous perceptions of youth.
In other respects my future was secured in a manner to satisfy
ambition. Beside my salary as master of petitions, paid by the budget
of the council of State, the king gave me a thousand francs a month
from his privy purse, and often himself added more to it. Though the
king knew well that no young man of twenty-three could long bear up
under the labors with which he loaded me, my colleague, now a peer of
The Lily of the Valley |
