| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: naught; and He makes for you hearing, and sight, and hearts,- haply ye
may give thanks!
Do they not see the birds subjected in the vault of the sky?- none
holds them in but God: verily, in that is a sign unto a people who
believe.
God made for you in your houses a repose; and made for you, of the
skins of cattle, houses, that ye may find them light, on the day ye
move your quarters and the day when ye abide; and from their wool, and
from their fur, and from their hair come furniture and chattels for
a season.
And God has made for you, of what He has created, shades; and has
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Glaucus/The Wonders of the Shore by Charles Kingsley: certainly prefer shade, and hide in the darkest crannies; and for
them, if your aquarium is large enough, you must provide shade, by
arranging the bits of stone into piles and caverns. But without
light, your sea-weeds will neither thrive nor keep the water sweet.
With plenty of light you will see, to quote Mr. Gosse once more,
(33) "thousands of tiny globules forming on every plant, and even
all over the stones, where the infant vegetation is beginning to
grow; and these globules presently rise in rapid succession to the
surface all over the vessel, and this process goes on
uninterruptedly as long as the rays of the sun are uninterrupted.
"Now these globules consist of PURE OXYGEN, given out by the plants
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: up Uncle Sam on the cable as quick as you can and get him all worked
up about it. Have 'em send the /Kentucky/ and the /Kearsage/ and the
/Oregon/ down right away. That'll be about enough battleships; but it
wouldn't hurt to have a couple of cruisers and a torpedo-boat
destroyer, too. And--say, if Dewey isn't busy, better have him come
along on the fastest one of the fleet.'
"'Now, see here, O'Keefe,' says the consul, getting the best of a
hiccup, 'what do you want to bother the State Department about this
matter for?'
"'Didn't you hear me?' says I; 'I'm to be shot in two weeks. Did you
think I said I was going to a lawn-party? And it wouldn't hurt of
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