| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: audacius resistere ac fortius pugnare coeperunt. Interim milites legionum
duarum quae in novissimo agmine praesidio impedimentis fuerant, proelio
nuntiato, cursu incitato in summo colle ab hostibus conspiciebantur, et
T. Labienus castris hostium potitus et ex loco superiore quae res in
nostris castris gererentur conspicatus X. legionem subsidio nostris misit.
Qui cum ex equitum et calonum fuga quo in loco res esset quantoque in
periculo et castra et legiones et imperator versaretur cognovissent, nihil
ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt.
Horum adventu tanta rerum commutatio est facta ut nostri, etiam qui
vulneribus confecti procubuissent, scutis innixi proelium redintegrarent,
calones perterritos hostes conspicati etiam inermes armatis occurrerent,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift: infirmities of her life past. Accept the good deeds she hath done
in such a manner that, at whatever time Thou shalt please to call
her, she may be received into everlasting habitations. Give her
grace to continue sincerely thankful to Thee for the many favours
Thou hast bestowed upon her, the ability and inclination and
practice to do good, and those virtues which have procured the
esteem and love of her friends, and a most unspotted name in the
world. O God, Thou dispensest Thy blessings and Thy punishments,
as it becometh infinite justice and mercy; and since it was Thy
pleasure to afflict her with a long, constant, weakly state of
health, make her truly sensible that it was for very wise ends, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: "Well, sir, it took Bird City just ten minutes to realize that it was
in a cage. We expected trouble; but there wasn't any. The citizens saw
that we had 'em. The nearest railroad was thirty miles away; and it
would be two weeks at least before the river would be fordable. So
they began to cuss, amiable, and throw down dollars on the bar till it
sounded like a selection on the xylophone.
"There was about 1,500 grown-up adults in Bird City that had arrived
at years of indiscretion; and the majority of 'em required from three
to twenty drinks a day to make life endurable. The Blue Snake was the
only place where they could get 'em till the flood subsided. It was
beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.
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