| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: since in the hour of danger, it is certain, the owner has to consign
himself, life and limb, to the safe keeping of his horse.
[1] Lit. "To proceed: when you have bought a horse which you admire
and have brought him home."
[2] i.e. "where he will be brought as frequently as possible under the
master's eye." Cf. "Econ." xii. 20.
Nor is it only to avoid the risk of food being stolen that a secure
horse-box is desirable, but for the further reason that if the horse
takes to scattering his food, the action is at once detected; and any
one who observes that happening may take it as a sign and symptom
either of too much blood,[3] which calls for veterinary aid, or of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: exactly below it in the clear, limpid water was a shoal of
broad-headed mullets. The dew was glistening on the green bushes
that looked into the water. There was a feeling of warmth; it was
comforting! What a lovely morning! And how lovely life would have
been in this world, in all likelihood, if it were not for
poverty, horrible, hopeless poverty, from which one can find no
refuge! One had only to look round at the village to remember
vividly all that had happened the day before, and the illusion of
happiness which seemed to surround them vanished instantly.
They reached the church. Marya stood at the entrance, and did not
dare to go farther. She did not dare to sit down either. Though
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have
prepared for it.
CH1 15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made
a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
CH1 15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring
up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
CH1 15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon
their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to
the word of the LORD.
CH1 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and
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