| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: injected a new modification of his solution. The thing actually
opened its eyes, but only stared at the ceiling with a look of
soul-petrifying horror before collapsing into an inertness from
which nothing could rouse it. West said it was not fresh enough
-- the hot summer air does not favour corpses. That time we were
almost caught before we incinerated the thing, and West doubted
the advisability of repeating his daring misuse of the college
laboratory.
The peak of the epidemic was reached in August.
West and I were almost dead, and Dr. Halsey did die on the 14th.
The students all attended the hasty funeral on the 15th, and bought
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: weeks went by and she heard nothing from him,
it seemed to Alexandra that her heart grew hard
against Carl. She began to wonder whether she
would not do better to finish her life alone.
What was left of life seemed unimportant.
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O Pioneers! |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: there the holy cross cannot be wanting. And let no one think that he
shall have peace; but he must risk what whatever he has upon earth --
possessions, honor. house and estate, wife and children, body and life.
Now, this hurts our flesh and the old Adam; for the test is to be
steadfast and to suffer with patience in whatever way we are assailed,
and to let go whatever is taken from us.
Hence there is just as great need, as in all the others, that we pray
without ceasing: "Dear Father, Thy will be done, not the will of the
devil and of our enemies, nor of anything that would persecute and
suppress Thy holy Word or hinder Thy kingdom; and grant that we may
bear with patience and overcome whatever is to be endured on that
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