| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Myths and Myth-Makers by John Fiske: name of their highest divinity, Odin,--originally, Guodan,--by
which to designate the God of the Christian,[95] were unable
to regard the Bog of ancient tradition as anything but an
"ex-god," or vanquished demon.
[95] In the North American Review, October, 1869, p. 354, I
have collected a number of facts which seem to me to prove
beyond question that the name God is derived from Guodan, the
original form of Odin, the supreme deity of our Pagan
forefathers. The case is exactly parallel to that of the
French Dieu, which is descended from the Deus of the pagan
Roman.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton: "Well, it's a mercy," Evelina pursued with a tinge of
disappointment. "It's a regular miracle I didn't faint right out
there in the Square. Herman's so thoughtless--he just put the
letter into my hand without a word. It's from a big firm out
there--the Tiff'ny of St. Louis, he says it is--offering him a
place in their clock-department. Seems they heart of him through
a German friend of his that's settled out there. It's a splendid
opening, and if he gives satisfaction they'll raise him at the end
of the year."
She paused, flushed with the importance of the situation,
which seemed to lift her once for all above the dull level of her
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: LADY HUNSTANTON. We all have our different tastes, have we not?
But Lord Illingworth has a very high position, and there is nothing
he couldn't get if he chose to ask for it. Of course, he is
comparatively a young man still, and he has only come to his title
within - how long exactly is it, Caroline, since Lord Illingworth
succeeded?
LADY CAROLINE. About four years, I think, Jane. I know it was the
same year in which my brother had his last exposure in the evening
newspapers.
LADY HUNSTANTON. Ah, I remember. That would be about four years
ago. Of course, there were a great many people between the present
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