| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: attributes. The author of the fourth gospel is, like Justin, a
Philonian Gnostic; but he differs from Justin in his bold and
skilful treatment of the traditional materials supplied by the
earlier gospels. The process of development in the theories and
purposes of Jesus, which can be traced throughout the Messianic
descriptions of the first gospel, is entirely obliterated in the
fourth. Here Jesus appears at the outset as the creator of the
world, descended from his glory, but destined soon to be
reinstated. The title "Son of Man" has lost its original
significance, and become synonymous with "Son of God." The
temptation, the transfiguration, the scene in Gethsemane, are
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner: us rebels! Why shouldn't they try to turn those bloody Turks out?
Besides," said Peter, bending over and talking in the manner of one who
imparts secret and important information; "you see, if we don't help the
Armenians the Russians would; and we," said Peter, looking exceedingly
knowing, "we've got to prevent that: they'd get the land; and it's on the
road to India. And we don't mean them to. I suppose you don't know much
about politics in Palestine?" said Peter, looking kindly and patronisingly
at the stranger.
"If these men," said the stranger, "would rather be free, or be under the
British Government, than under the Chartered Company, why, when they resist
the Chartered Company, are they more rebels than the Armenians when they
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: become few and far between and often there were no
paths at all in the direction they wished to follow. At
such times they crossed the fields, avoiding groups of
trees and fording the streams and rivulets whenever
they came to them. But finally they reached a broad
hillside closely covered with scrubby brush, through
which the wagon could not pass.
"It will be difficult even for you and me to get
through without tearing our dresses," said Ozma, "so we
must leave the Sawhorse and the Wagon here until our
return."
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