| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells: which were then conclusively imposed upon Christianity merit only
disrespectful attention at the present time. There you have a chief
possibility of offence. He is quite unable to pretend any awe for
what he considers the spiritual monstrosities established by that
undignified gathering. He makes no attempt to be obscure or
propitiatory in this connection. He criticises the creeds
explicitly and frankly, because he believes it is particularly
necessary to clear them out of the way of those who are seeking
religious consolation at this present time of exceptional religious
need. He does little to conceal his indignation at the role played
by these dogmas in obscuring, perverting, and preventing the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: As he spoke he took note for the first time of the
young woman. That she was a lady of quality was
evidenced not alone by the richness of her riding ap-
parel and the trappings of her palfrey, but as well in
her noble and haughty demeanor and the proud ex-
pression of her beautiful face.
Although at this time nearly twenty years had passed
over the head of Norman of Torn he was without knowl-
edge or experience in the ways of women, nor had he
ever spoken with a female of quality or position. No
woman graced the castle of Torn nor had the boy,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac: recognizes and esteems in himself, it is of course necessary that each
should pay a certain premium, three per cent; an annual due of three
per cent. Thus, by the payment of this trifling sum, a mere nothing,
you protect your family from disastrous results at your death--"
"But I live," said the fool.
"Ah! yes; you mean if you should live long? That is the usual
objection,--a vulgar prejudice. I fully agree that if we had not
foreseen and demolished it we might feel we were unworthy of being--
what? What are we, after all? Book-keepers in the great Bureau of
Intellect. Monsieur, I don't apply these remarks to you, but I meet on
all sides men who make it a business to teach new ideas and disclose
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