| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: and manifestly for her husband's sake, tried to seem content.
It was a brave struggle, and was, I think and believe,
not without its reward. Van Helsing had placed at hand a bell
which either of them was to sound in case of any emergency.
When they had retired, Quincey, Godalming, and I arranged
that we should sit up, dividing the night between us,
and watch over the safety of the poor stricken lady.
The first watch falls to Quincey, so the rest of us shall
be off to bed as soon as we can.
Godalming has already turned in, for his is the second watch.
Now that my work is done I, too, shall go to bed.
Dracula |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: Amendments as on other Bills.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and
the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the
President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it,
but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House
in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections
at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that house
shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent,
together with the Objections, to the other House, by which
it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds
The United States Constitution |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: whereof we thought that it was necessary to speak, in order
that it might be understood that in doctrine and ceremonies
nothing has been received on our part against Scripture or the
Church Catholic. For it is manifest that we have taken most
diligent care that no new and ungodly doctrine should creep
into our churches.
The above articles we desire to present in accordance with the
edict of Your Imperial Majesty, in order to exhibit our
Confession and let men see a summary of the doctrine of our
teachers. If there is anything that any one might desire in
this Confession, we are ready, God willing, to present ampler
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