| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin: when I afterward came into his situation, I took care never to imitate it.
I had hitherto continu'd to board with Godfrey, who lived in part
of my house with his wife and children, and had one side of the shop
for his glazier's business, tho' he worked little, being always
absorbed in his mathematics. Mrs. Godfrey projected a match for me
with a relation's daughter, took opportunities of bringing us often
together, till a serious courtship on my part ensu'd, the girl being
in herself very deserving. The old folks encourag'd me by continual
invitations to supper, and by leaving us together, till at length
it was time to explain. Mrs. Godfrey manag'd our little treaty.
I let her know that I expected as much money with their daughter
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
GEN 31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it
Galeed.
GEN 31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee
this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
GEN 31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from another.
GEN 31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take
other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee.
GEN 31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: uncompromising surfaces. They looked brittle and
hollow, as though made of papier mache and set down
in the landscape. A long four hours' noon we spent
beneath a live-oak near a tiny spring. I tried to hunt,
but had to give it up. After that I lay on my back
and shot doves as they came to drink at the spring.
It was better than walking about, and quite as effective
as regards supper. A band of cattle filed stolidly
in, drank, and filed as stolidly away. Some half-wild
horses came to the edge of the hill, stamped, snorted,
essayed a tentative advance. Them we drove away,
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