| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 56: 2 (56:3) They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up all the day; for they are many that fight against me, O Most High,
Psalms 56: 3 (56:4) In the day that I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee.
Psalms 56: 4 (56:5) In God--I will praise His word--in God do I trust, I will not be afraid; what can flesh do unto me?
Psalms 56: 5 (56:6) All the day they trouble mine affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalms 56: 6 (56:7) They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps; according as they have waited for my soul.
Psalms 56: 7 (56:8) Because of iniquity cast them out; in anger bring down the peoples, O God.
Psalms 56: 8 (56:9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?
Psalms 56: 9 (56:10) Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call; this I know, that God is for me.
Psalms 56: 10 (56:11) In God--I will praise His word--in the LORD--I will praise His word--
Psalms 56: 11 (56:12) In God do I trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do unto me?
Psalms 56: 12 (56:13) Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank-offerings unto Thee.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: it rested in long, smooth reaches, much beloved by the grayling.
There was no difficulty in getting two or three of them out of each
run.
The grayling has a quaint beauty. His appearance is aesthetic,
like a fish in a pre-raphaelite picture. His colour, in midsummer,
is a golden gray, darker on the back, and with a few black spots
just behind his gills, like patches put on to bring out the pallor
of his complexion. He smells of wild thyme when he first comes out
of the water, wherefore St. Ambrose of Milan complimented him in
courtly fashion "Quid specie tua gratius? Quid odore fragrantius?
Quod mella fragrant, hoc tuo corpore spiras." But the chief glory
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: or leave from either end according to conditions. The material
is fireproofed as a precautionary measure, but at the same time
the modern aerial bomb is able to penetrate the roofing without
any difficulty and to explode against the airship anchored
within.
The one great objection to the Zeppelin harbour is the huge
target it offers to hostile attack, which, in the event of a
vessel being moored within, is inevitably serious. Thus, for
instance, upon the occasion of the air raids conducted by
Lieutenant Collet and of Squadron Commander Briggs and his
colleagues at Dusseldorf and Friedrichshafen respectively,
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