| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: gray in the east, almost morning."
"But not yet," said Nataline; "we must wait for the first red. A
few more turns. Let's finish it up with a song."
She shook her head and piped up the refrain of the old Canadian
chanson:
"En roulant ma boule-le roulant
En roulant ma bou-le."
And to that cheerful music the first night's battle was carried
through to victory.
The next day Fortin spent two hours in trying to repair the
clockwork. It was of no use. The broken part was indispensable and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: vice admiral from the midst of a whole fleet of powerfully armed
vessels, and how many men in all the world do you suppose would
venture such a thing?
But there is this to be said of that great buccaneer: that if he
undertook enterprises so desperate as this, he yet laid his plans
so well that they never went altogether amiss. Moreover, the very
desperation of his successes was of such a nature that no man
could suspect that he would dare to undertake such things, and
accordingly his enemies were never prepared to guard against his
attacks. Aye, had he but worn the king's colors and served under
the rules of honest war, he might have become as great and as
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: and shame unto him.
PRO 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded
spirit who can bear?
PRO 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of
the wise seeketh knowledge.
PRO 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before
great men.
PRO 18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his
neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
PRO 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the
mighty.
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