| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Daniel 7: 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:
Daniel 7: 17 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.
Daniel 7: 18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.'
Daniel 7: 19 Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
Daniel 7: 20 and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell; even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose appearance was greater than that of its fellows.
Daniel 7: 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Daniel 7: 22 until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
Daniel 7: 23 Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson: for this morning's matter; this doth me little honour."
And thereupon, still holding Joanna, he began to run.
The silence of the night was now shattered by the shouts of the men
of Tunstall, as they galloped hither and thither, hunting
fugitives; and Dick broke boldly through the underwood and ran
straight before him like a deer. The silver clearness of the moon
upon the open snow increased, by contrast, the obscurity of the
thickets; and the extreme dispersion of the vanquished led the
pursuers into wildly divergent paths. Hence, in but a little
while, Dick and Joanna paused, in a close covert, and heard the
sounds of the pursuit, scattering abroad, indeed, in all
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: PREMIER SOLDAT. Non. Le tetrarque ne le permet pas.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. La princesse a cache son visage derriere son
eventail! Ses petites mains blanches s'agitent comme des colombes
qui s'envolent vers leurs colombiers. Elles ressemblent e des
papillons blancs. Elles sont tout e fait comme des papillons
blancs.
LE PAGE D'HERODIAS. Mais qu'est-ce que cela vous fait? Pourquoi la
regarder? Il ne faut pas la regarder . . . Il peut arriver un
malheur.
LE CAPPADOCIEN [montrant la citerne] Quelle etrange prison!
SECOND SOLDAT. C'est une ancienne citerne.
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