| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln: November 22, 1993, on the day of the 30th anniversary
of his assassination.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863
on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth
upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether
that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .
can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: When the two meeters meet, sitting the one on the right and the
other on the left, not a word does he utter, but a watcher is by him
ready!
And the agony of death shall come in truth!-'that is what thou didst
shun!'
And the trumpet shall be blown!-that is the threatened day!
And every soul shall come-with it a driver and a witness!
'Thou wert heedless of this, and we withdrew thy veil from thee, and
to-day is thine eyesight keen!'
And his mate shall say, 'This is what is ready for me (to attest).
'Throw into hell every stubborn misbeliever!-who forbids good, a
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: small projecting towers so pierced that a flanking fire
from long bows, cross bows and javelins might be di-
rected against a scaling party.
The fourth side of the walled enclosure overhung a
high precipice, which natural protection rendered tow-
ers unnecessary upon this side.
The main gateway of the castle looked toward the
west and from it ran the tortuous and rocky trail, down
through the mountains toward the valley below. The
aspect from the great gate was one of quiet and rugged
beauty. A short stretch of barren downs in the fore-
The Outlaw of Torn |
