| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Forgive me; I shall straighten like a flame
In the great calm of death, and if you want me
Stand on the sea-ward dunes and call my name.
Spray
I knew you thought of me all night,
I knew, though you were far away;
I felt your love blow over me
As if a dark wind-riven sea
Drenched me with quivering spray.
There are so many ways to love
And each way has its own delight --
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The United States Bill of Rights: and the persons or things to be seized.
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,
unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service
in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for
the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
VI
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: dreadfully, killed and taken away. More than that, somewhere
in Hayti or Quisquaya or Hispaniola were certain
people who knew the weapon. ``Caonabo!'' He repeated
the name with respect and disliking. ``Caonabo, Caonabo!
Perhaps the Caribs had made a settlement.
Diego fastened a leaf upon the bark of a tree and from
a great distance transfixed it with an arrow, then in succession
sent four others against the trunk, making precisely
the form of a cross. The Indians cried, ``Hai! Hai!''
But when the four harquebus men set up their iron rests,
fixed the harquebuses, and firing cut leaves and twigs from
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