| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: (VIII. Medinah.)
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
They will ask thee about the spoils. Say, 'The spoils are God's
and the Apostle's; fear God and settle it amongst yourselves; obey God
and the Apostle if ye do believe.'
Verily, the believers are those who, when God's name is mentioned,
their hearts sink with fear; and when His signs are rehearsed to
them they increase them in faith; and on their Lord do they rely;
who are steadfast in prayer, and of what we have bestowed upon them
give in alms; these are in truth believers; to them are degrees with
their Lord, and forgiveness, and a generous provision.
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: fire into a joke, and even seemed sorry that it had so soon been
put out.
"How well you extinguished the fire, sir!" said Olga to the
student. "You ought to come to us in Moscow: there we have a fire
every day."
"Why, do you come from Moscow?" asked one of the young ladies.
"Yes, miss. My husband was a waiter at the Slavyansky Bazaar. And
this is my daughter," she said, indicating Sasha, who was cold
and huddling up to her. "She is a Moscow girl, too."
The two young ladies said something in French to the student, and
he gave Sasha a twenty-kopeck piece.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: football, talk it, eat it, dream it."
"But is it worth while?"
James waved his protest aside. "Of course it's worth while.
Success always is. Get this in your head. Four-fifths of the
fellows at college don't count. They're also-rans. To get in with
the right bunch you've got to make a good showing. Look at me. I'm
no John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Athletics bore me. I can't sing. I
don't grind. But I'm in everything. Best frat. Won the oratorical
contest. Manager of the football team next season. President of
the Dramatic Club. Why?"
He did not wait for Jeff to guess the reason. "Because our set
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