| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Talisman by Walter Scott: assembly, "though on a subject so unworthy as himself, even at
the risk of delaying for a few minutes their consultations for
the weal of Christendom and the advancement of their holy
enterprise."
The assembled princes resumed their seats, and there was a
profound silence.
"This day," continued the King of England, "is a high festival of
the church, and it well becomes Christian men, at such a tide, to
reconcile themselves with their brethren, and confess their
faults to each other. Noble princes and fathers of this holy
expedition, Richard is a soldier--his hand is ever readier than
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: with quiet dignity.
"You forget, father, that since Monday night we have thought you
a forger and, worse, a murderer," her voice faltered. "In our
effort to guard you we have become estranged. Margaret"- she held
out her hand with an affectionate gesture and with a sob her
step-mother kissed her.
"How did this envelope get back inside our safe?" asked Kent a
moment later, picking it up and displaying the red seal, intact
save for the broken corner.
"I went downstairs about midnight or a little later and into the
library," confessed Helen. "What was my surprise and terror to see
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: secret open in a last pathetic effort to warn her of
the danger of her marriage. The wistful, helpless
look in her eye meant to Mary only the anguish of
memories. Each human heart persists in learning the
big lessons of life at first hand. We refuse to learn
any other way. The tragedies of others interest us as
fiction. We make the application to others--never to
ourselves.
Jim's familiar footstep echoed through the hall,
and Mary sprang to the door with a cry of joy.
CHAPTER X
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