| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: we had tea in an Aerated Bread Shop. But I remember very
distinctly how we passed down Park Lane under an overcast sky,
and how my uncle pointed out the house of this child of good
fortune and that with succulent appreciation.
I remember, too, that as he talked I would find my aunt watching
my face as if to check the soundness of his talk by my
expression.
"Been in love yet, George?" she asked suddenly, over a bun in the
tea-shop.
"Too busy, aunt," I told her.
She bit her bun extensively, and gesticulated with the remnant to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 141: 8 For mine eyes are unto Thee, O GOD the Lord; in Thee have I taken refuge, O pour not out my soul.
Psalms 141: 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 141: 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape.
Psalms 142: 1 (142:1) Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. (142:2) With my voice I cry unto the LORD; with my voice I make supplication unto the LORD.
Psalms 142: 2 (142:3) I pour out my complaint before Him, I declare before Him my trouble;
Psalms 142: 3 (142:4) When my spirit fainteth within me--Thou knowest my path--in the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.
Psalms 142: 4 (142:5) Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me; I have no way to flee; no man careth for my soul.
Psalms 142: 5 (142:6) I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'
Psalms 142: 6 (142:7) Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me.
Psalms 142: 7 (142:8) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name; the righteous shall crown themselves because of me; for Thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
Psalms 143: 1 A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: In the first place, no effort was made to prevent the recurrence of
the disaster; in the second place, philanthropy of this type attempts
to sweep back the tide of miseries created by unrestricted
propagation, with the feeble broom of sentiment. As one of the most
observant and impartial of authorities on the Far East, J. O. P.
Bland, has pointed out: ``So long as China maintains a birth-rate
that is estimated at fifty-five per thousand or more, the only
possible alternative to these visitations would be emigration and this
would have to be on such a scale as would speedily overrun and
overfill the habitable globe. Neither humanitarian schemes,
international charities nor philanthropies can prevent widespread
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