| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Nehemiah 4: 18 (4:12) and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the horn was by me.
Nehemiah 4: 19 (4:13) And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people: 'The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another;
Nehemiah 4: 20 (4:14) in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.'
Nehemiah 4: 21 (4:15) So we wrought in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Nehemiah 4: 22 (4:16) Likewise at the same time said I unto the people: 'Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.'
Nehemiah 4: 23 (4:17) So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one that went to the water had his weapon.
Nehemiah 5: 1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5: 2 For there were that said: 'We, our sons and our daughters, are many; let us get for them corn, that we may eat and live.'
Nehemiah 5: 3 Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'
Nehemiah 5: 4 There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: Do you remember?"
"Remember? I have been counting the hours."
"Very well; here's your chance. Do what you can to make your sister
think well of me."
Bellegarde stared, with a smile. "Why, I'm sure she thinks as well of you
as possible, already."
"An opinion founded on seeing me three or four times?
That is putting me off with very little. l want something more.
I have been thinking of it a good deal, and at last I have decided
to tell you. I should like very much to marry Madame de Cintre."
Bellegarde had been looking at him with quickened expectancy,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ion by Plato: the poet is inspired. Genius is often said to be unconscious, or
spontaneous, or a gift of nature: that 'genius is akin to madness' is a
popular aphorism of modern times. The greatest strength is observed to
have an element of limitation. Sense or passion are too much for the 'dry
light' of intelligence which mingles with them and becomes discoloured by
them. Imagination is often at war with reason and fact. The concentration
of the mind on a single object, or on a single aspect of human nature,
overpowers the orderly perception of the whole. Yet the feelings too bring
truths home to the minds of many who in the way of reason would be
incapable of understanding them. Reflections of this kind may have been
passing before Plato's mind when he describes the poet as inspired, or
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