| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: and in the air that palpitated above it.
But the end of the journey was at hand and the cowpuncher in
charge of the drive relaxed in the saddle after the easy fashion
of the vaquero when he is under no tension. He did not any longer
cast swift, anxious glances behind him to make sure no pursuit
was in sight. For he had reached safety. He knew the 'Open
sesame' to that rock wall which rose sheer in front of him.
Straight for it he and his companion took their gather, swinging
the cattle adroitly round a great slab which concealed a gateway
to the secret canon. Half a mile up this defile lay what was
called Hidden Valley, an inaccessible retreat known only to those
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: mountain
as they race along.
5 Rise up! even now with lauds I call the very numerous company,
Unequalled, of these Maruts, like a herd of kine, grown up
together in
their strength.
6 Bind to your car the bright red mares, yoke the red coursers
to your
car.
Bind to the pole, to draw, the fleet-foot tawny steeds, the
best at
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dreams by Olive Schreiner: I take?"
"I am the child of The-Accumulated-Knowledge-of-Ages," said the man; "I can
walk only where many men have trodden. On these mountains few feet have
passed; each man strikes out a path for himself. He goes at his own peril:
my voice he hears no more. I may follow after him, but cannot go before
him."
Then Knowledge vanished.
And the hunter turned. He went to his cage, and with his hands broke down
the bars, and the jagged iron tore his flesh. It is sometimes easier to
build than to break.
One by one he took his plumed birds and let them fly. But when he came to
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