| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: that Kick recognized as Ladd's.
"Let him sleep," came the reply in deep, good-natured tones. "Mrs.
b. says the girl's never moved. Must have been a tough ride for
them both. Forty miles through cactus!"
"Young Gale hoofed darn near half the way," replied Ladd. "We
tried to make him ride one of our hosses. If we had, we'd never
got here. A walk like that'd killed me an' Jim."
"Well, Laddy, I'm right down glad to see you boys, and I'll do all
I can for the young couple," said the other. "But I'm doing some
worry here; don't mistake me."
"About your stock?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A treatise on Good Works by Dr. Martin Luther: to go their way, with cares and worries, and yet succeed poorly.
V. Thus it is true, as men say, that parents, although they had
nothing else to do, could attain salvation by training their own
children; if they rightly train them to God's service, they will
indeed have both hands full of good works to do. For what else
are here the hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned, sick, strangers,
than the souls of your own children? with whom God makes of your
house a hospital, and sets you over them as chief nurse, to wait
on them, to give them good words and works as meat and drink,
that they may learn to trust, believe and fear God, and to place
their hope on Him, to honor His Name, not to swear nor curse, to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw: live to be over a hundred if she took it regularly. And me listening
to her, that had never dared to think that a duchess could have
anything so common as an inside! I shouldnt have minded if it had
been children's insides: we have to talk about them. But grown-up
people! I was glad to get away that time.
HYPATIA. There was a physiology and hygiene class started at school;
but of course none of our girls were let attend it.
MRS TARLETON. If it had been an aristocratic school plenty would have
attended it. Thats what theyre like: theyve nasty minds. With
really nice good women a thing is either decent or indecent; and if
it's indecent, we just dont mention it or pretend to know about it;
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