| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Genesis 25: 10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25: 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
Genesis 25: 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore unto Abraham.
Genesis 25: 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Genesis 25: 14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa;
Genesis 25: 15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem;
Genesis 25: 16 these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
Genesis 25: 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expired and died; and was gathered unto his people.
Genesis 25: 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Asshur: over against all his brethren he did settle.
Genesis 25: 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac.
Genesis 25: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: for the last time to the tread of miners' feet, and silence
succeeded to the bustling life which had till then filled
the Aberfoyle mines.
One man alone remained by James Starr. This was the overman,
Simon Ford. Near him stood a boy, about fifteen years of age,
who for some years already had been employed down below.
James Starr and Simon Ford knew and esteemed each other well.
"Good-by, Simon," said the engineer.
"Good-by, Mr. Starr," replied the overman, "let me add,
till we meet again!"
"Yes, till we meet again. Ford!" answered James Starr. "You know
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: dashed alongside; Wolf Fang in the lead caught Harrington's eye,
and he knew that the race was his. No team in the North could
pass him on those last twenty-five miles. And when Savoy saw Wolf
Fang heading his rival's team, he knew that he was out of the
running, and he cursed softly to himself, in the way woman is most
frequently cursed. But he still clung to the other's smoking
trail, gambling on chance to the last. And as they churned along,
the day breaking in the southeast, they marvelled in joy and
sorrow at that which Joy Molineau had done.
Forty Mile had early crawled out of its sleeping furs and
congregated near the edge of the trail. From this point it could
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