| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James: Corvick had left it. I went still further - it was the only
glimpse of happiness I had. I made up my mind that the duty didn't
appeal to him. He wasn't interested, he didn't care. Yes, it
quite comforted me to believe him too stupid to have joy of the
thing I lacked. He was as stupid after as he had been before, and
that deepened for me the golden glory in which the mystery was
wrapped. I had of course none the less to recollect that his wife
might have imposed her conditions and exactions. I had above all
to remind myself that with Vereker's death the major incentive
dropped. He was still there to be honoured by what might be done -
he was no longer there to give it his sanction. Who alas but he
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
SA1 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee,
but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
SA1 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day
that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they
have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
SA1 8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest
solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall
reign over them.
SA1 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Myths and Myth-Makers by John Fiske: with mortal men under certain conditions, but who are
compelled to flee away when these conditions are broken, as is
always sure to be the case. The eldest and one of the
loveliest of this family is the Hindu nymph Urvasi, whose love
adventures with Pururavas are narrated in the Puranas, and
form the subject of the well-known and exquisite Sanskrit
drama by Kalidasa. Urvasi is allowed to live with Pururavas so
long as she does not see him undressed. But one night her
kinsmen, the Gandharvas, or cloud-demons, vexed at her long
absence from heaven, resolved to get her away from her mortal
companion, They stole a pet lamb which had been tied at the
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