| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: fast and pray, according to custom, several days: and he ceased
not to resort unto him, teaching him every article of the
Catholick Faith and expounding him the holy Gospel. Moreover he
interpreted the Apostolick exhortations and the sayings of the
Prophets: for, taught of God, Barlaam had alway ready on his lips
the Old and New Scripture; and, being stirred by the Spirit, he
enlightened his young disciple to see the true knowledge of God.
But on the day, whereon the prince should be baptized, he taught
him, saying, "Behold thou art moved to receive the seal of
Christ, and be signed with the light of the countenance of the
Lord: and thou becomest a son of God, and temple of the Holy
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: brummagem, for a happy mark of authenticity. Neither my reasons
nor my purpose had I the means of making clear to Poni; I could
only hold on to the stick, and bid the artist follow me to the
gendarmerie, where I should find interpreters and money; but we
gave him, in the meanwhile, a boat-call in return for his sandal-
wood. As he came behind us down the vale he sounded upon this
continually. And continually, from the wayside houses, there
poured forth little groups of girls in crimson, or of men in white.
And to these must Poni pass the news of who the strangers were, of
what they had been doing, of why it was that Poni had a boat-
whistle; and of why he was now being haled to the vice-residency,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: not even a hammock. I want to talk to him,
and he won't talk sense if he's angry. It makes
him foolish."
Lou sniffed. "Whoever heard of him talking
sense, anyhow! I'd rather have ducks for sup-
per than Crazy Ivar's tongue."
Emil was alarmed. "Oh, but, Lou, you don't
want to make him mad! He might howl!"
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