| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from United States Declaration of Independence: invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection
and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns,
and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries
to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun
with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the
most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas
to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: Than any way I looked for or deserved,
Yet my life no longer with me dwell,
Than I prove true unto my Sovereign:
What say you, master Cromwell? have you those
writings?
Aye, or no?
CROMWELL.
Here are the writings, and upon my knees,
I give them up unto the worthy Dukes
Of Suffolk and of Norfolk: he was my Master,
And each virtuous part,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: produced in tartan, by the mixture and strong opposition of
colours. An antique silver chain hung round her neck, and
supported the WREST, or key, with which she turned her
instrument. A small ruff rose above her collar, and was secured
by a brooch of some value, an old keepsake from Lord Menteith.
Her profusion of light hair almost hid her laughing eyes, while,
with a smile and a blush, she mentioned that she had M'Aulay's
directions to ask them if they chose music. Sir Duncan Campbell
gazed with considerable surprise and interest at the lovely
apparition, which thus interrupted his debate with Allan M'Aulay.
"Can this," he said to him in a whisper, "a creature so beautiful
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