| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: cousin M. de Chabrillane.
On Tuesday of the following week, Andre-Louis went out alone early
in the morning. He was out of temper, fretted by an overwhelming
sense of humiliation, and he hoped to clear his mind by walking.
In turning the corner of the Place du Bouffay he ran into a slightly
built, sallow-complexioned gentleman very neatly dressed in black,
wearing a tie-wig under a round hat. The man fell back at sight of
him, levelling a spy-glass, then hailed him in a voice that rang
with amazement.
"Moreau! Where the devil have you been hiding your-self these months?"
It was Le Chapelier, the lawyer, the leader of the Literary Chamber
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Kings 3: 15 But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
2_Kings 3: 16 And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Make this valley full of trenches.
2_Kings 3: 17 For thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water; and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.
2_Kings 3: 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
2_Kings 3: 19 And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'
2_Kings 3: 20 And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of making the offering, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
2_Kings 3: 21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood on the border.
2_Kings 3: 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water some way off as red as blood;
2_Kings 3: 23 and they said: 'This is blood: the kings have surely fought together, and they have smitten each man his fellow; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.'
2_Kings 3: 24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them. And they smote the land, even Moab, mightily.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: the darkened vision of his heart, and there fell upon him deep
remorse for his past sins. He renounced the error of his idols,
and ran towards the light of godliness, and from henceforth
departed from his miserable life, and made himself as bitter an
enemy of vile affections and sorceries as he before had pledged
himself their devoted friend, For at this season he stood up in
the midst of the assembly, and cried with a loud voice, saying,
"Verily, O king, the Spirit of God dwelleth in thy son. Verily,
we are defeated, and have no further apology, and have no
strength to face the words that he hath uttered. Mighty
therefore, in sooth, is the God of the Christians: mighty is
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