| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: the white heat of a prophet's zeal, those whom he knew to be unawakened.
There is indeed a good deal of the prophet about John Ruskin. Though
essentially an interpreter with a singularly fine appreciation of beauty,
no man of the nineteenth century felt more keenly that he had a mission,
and none was more loyal to what he believed that mission to be.
While still in college, what seemed a chance incident gave
occasion and direction to this mission. A certain English reviewer
had ridiculed the work of the artist Turner. Now Ruskin held
Turner to be the greatest landscape painter the world had seen,
and he immediately wrote a notable article in his defense. Slowly
this article grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet into a book,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Proverbs 23: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23: 3 Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23: 4 Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23: 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Proverbs 23: 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;
Proverbs 23: 7 For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23: 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Proverbs 23: 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23: 10 Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
Proverbs 23: 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 23: 12 Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dust by Mr. And Mrs. Haldeman-Julius: who could be so cruel, so cold, so diabolical. You'll be punished
for this some day--you will--you will. You don't love me--never
did, oh, don't I know it. But some time you will love some one.
Then you'll understand what it is to be treated like this when
your whole soul is in need of tenderness. You'll see then what--"
"Oh, shut up," growled Martin, somewhat abashed by the violence
of her broken words and gasping sobs. "You're hysterical. You're
doing yourself as much harm right now as that kick did you."
"Oh, Martin, please be kind," pleaded Rose more quietly. "Please!
It's your baby as much as mine. Be just half as kind as you are
to these cows."
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