| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: believed said, 'O my people! follow me, I will guide you to the way of
the right direction. O my people! verily, the life of this world is
but a provision, but, verily, the hereafter, that is the abode of
stability! Whoso does evil, he shall only be recompensed with the like
thereof; and whoso does right, be it male or female and a believer,
these shall enter into Paradise; they shall be provided therein
without count. O my people! why should I call you to salvation, and
you call me to the fire? Ye call on me to disbelieve in God, and to
join with Him what I have no knowledge of; but I call you to the
mighty forgiving One! no doubt that what ye call me to, ought not to
be called on in this world or in the hereafter, and that we shall be
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: The doctor seated himself in George's office chair, as if to
write a prescription. "The child's condition remains the same,"
he said; "nothing disturbing."
"Doctor," said Madame Dupont, gravely, "from now on, you will be
able to devote your attention to the baby and the nurse without
any scruple. During your absence we have arranged matters
nicely. The nurse has been informed about the situation, and she
does not mind. She has agreed to accept an indemnity, and the
amount has been stated."
But the doctor did not take these tidings as the other had hoped
he might. He replied: "The malady which the nurse will almost
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: pockets.
He was smiling with curious complacency.
"It was your job to play the spider to the White Moll if she ever
showed up again here in your parlor," he said. "Maybe somebody
tipped her off to keep away, maybe she was too wily; but, anyway,
since you have not sent out any word, it is evident that our little
plans along that line didn't work, since she has failed to come back
to pay a call of gratitude to you. I don't suppose there's anything
to add to that, eh, Bertha? No report to make?"
"No," said Rhoda Gray shortly. "I haven't any report to make."
"Well, no matter!" said Danglar. He laughed out shortly. "There
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