| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: regarded him as their model, and at the head of whom he scoured
the country, attending every scene of feud or merriment for
miles round. In cold weather he was distinguished by a fur cap,
surmounted with a flaunting fox's tail; and when the folks at a
country gathering descried this well-known crest at a distance,
whisking about among a squad of hard riders, they always stood by
for a squall. Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along
past the farmhouses at midnight, with whoop and halloo, like a
troop of Don Cossacks; and the old dames, startled out of their
sleep, would listen for a moment till the hurry-scurry had
clattered by, and then exclaim, "Ay, there goes Brom Bones
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: and when they are all right I go on again faster, you see,
just to use them to it; so don't you trouble yourself preaching to me;
I am the best friend and the best riding-master those children have.
It is not them, it is the boys; boys," said he, shaking his mane,
"are quite different; they must be broken in as we were broken in
when we were colts, and just be taught what's what. The other children
had ridden me about for nearly two hours, and then the boys thought
it was their turn, and so it was, and I was quite agreeable.
They rode me by turns, and I galloped them about, up and down the fields
and all about the orchard, for a good hour. They had each cut
a great hazel stick for a riding-whip, and laid it on a little too hard;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: indignation would cease of itself. Not only this, but the
greatest blessing that is obtainable to men, the Kingdom of
Heaven on Earth would he established. There were five of these
laws.
The first (Matt. v. 21-26), that man should not only do no
murder, but not even be angry with his brother, should not
consider any one worthless: "Raca," and if he has quarrelled with
any one he should make it up with him before bringing his gift to
God--i.e., before praying.
The second (Matt. v. 27-32), that man should not only not commit
adultery but should not even seek for enjoyment in a woman's
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