| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: which came faintly from the far recesses of the cavern.
Presently, mingled with the beastly cries, there came
faintly to the keen ears of the ape-man, the agonized
moan of a child. No longer did Tarzan hesitate.
Hurling the door aside, he sprang into the dark opening.
Narrow and black was the corridor; but long use of his
eyes in the Stygian blackness of the jungle nights had
given to the ape-man something of the nocturnal visionary
powers of the wild things with which he had consorted
since babyhood.
He moved rapidly and yet with caution, for the place
The Jungle Tales of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: opposition or reply, to glory in the exertion of her authority.
The dignity of the Queen was gratified, and the woman began soon
to feel for the mortification which she had imposed on her
favourite. Her keen eye also observed the secret looks of
congratulation exchanged amongst those who favoured Sussex, and
it was no part of her policy to give either party a decisive
triumph.
"What I say to my Lord of Leicester," she said, after a moment's
pause, "I say also to you, my Lord of Sussex. You also must
needs ruffle in the court of England, at the head of a faction of
your own?"
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: is much more proper that they be granted on account of the
distress of souls.]
In the second place, why do our adversaries exaggerate the
obligation or effect of a vow when, at the same time, they
have not a word to say of the nature of the vow itself, that
it ought to be in a thing possible, that it ought to be free,
and chosen spontaneously and deliberately? But it is not
unknown to what extent perpetual chastity is in the power of
man. And how few are there who have taken the vow
spontaneously and deliberately! Young maidens and men, before
they are able to judge, are persuaded, and sometimes even
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