| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: were ever more alike. I will look into this matter." So saying,
he came softly to the river bank and laying him down upon the grass,
peered over the edge and down below.
All was cool and shady beneath the bank. A stout osier grew,
not straight upward, but leaning across the water, shadowing the spot
with its soft foliage. All around grew a mass of feathery ferns
such as hide and nestle in cool places, and up to Robin's nostrils
came the tender odor of the wild thyme, that loves the moist verges
of running streams. Here, with his broad back against the rugged
trunk of the willow tree, and half hidden by the soft ferns
around him, sat a stout, brawny fellow, but no other man was there.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Second Home by Honore de Balzac: "Mademoiselle Gatienne," said he, "do you know where the books are for
the offices of the Virgin? The ladies of the Congregation of the
Sacred Heart are going in procession this evening round the church."
Gatienne went in search of the books.
"Will they go on much longer, my little man?" asked the Count.
"Oh, half an hour at most."
"Let us go to look on," said the father to his son. "There will be
some pretty women there, and a visit to the Cathedral can do us no
harm."
The young lawyer followed him with a doubtful expression.
"What is the matter?" asked the Count.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: for us to judge what lies between him and Thee.' He prayed
that if any man there had been remiss toward the stranger come
to a far country, God would forgive him and soften his heart.
He recalled the promises to the widow and the fatherless,
and asked God to smooth the way before this widow and her children,
and to `incline the hearts of men to deal justly with her.'
In closing, he said we were leaving Mr. Shimerda at `Thy
judgment seat, which is also Thy mercy seat.'
All the time he was praying, grandmother watched him through the black
fingers of her glove, and when he said `Amen,' I thought she looked satisfied
with him. She turned to Otto and whispered, `Can't you start a hymn, Fuchs?
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