| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: away in great circles from its direct course, that its first
explorers christened it after the eccentric supernumerary of the
alphabet which appears in the old spelling-books as &--and per se,
and.
But in spite of this apparent subordination to the stream in the
matter of a name, the mountain clearly asserts its natural
authority. It stands up boldly; and not only its own lake, but at
least three others, the Lower Saranac, Round Lake, and Lonesome
Pond, lie at its foot and acknowledge its lordship. When the cloud
is on its brow, they are dark. When the sunlight strikes it, they
smile.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: when
the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets, swallows
the
old rat and the ditch-dog, drinks the green mantle of the
standing pool; who is whipp'd from tithing to tithing, and
stock-punish'd and imprison'd; who hath had three suits to
his
back, six shirts to his body, horse to ride, and weapons to
wear;
But mice and rats, and such small deer,
Have been Tom's food for seven long year.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Somebody's Little Girl by Martha Young: girls and said: ``And what is her name?''
Sister Angela said: ``Bessie Bell was written on her little white
night-gown, done in linen thread.''
And Sister Angela said: ``Yes, we have always kept the little white
night-gown.''
And one of the pretty grown-up people said: ``Yes, that was right.
Always to keep the little white night-gown.''
And the other grown-up person said: ``And how comes that to be all
that you know?''
Sister Angela said: ``Because of the fever.''
And the pretty one said: ``The dreadful fever!''
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