| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: setting them coughing and sneezing. Now and then a great gray rat
would shoot out beneath their very feet, and disappear, like a
sudden shadow, into some hole or cranny in the wall.
"Come," said Myles at last, brushing the dust from his jacket,
"an we tarry here longer we will have chance to see no other
sights; the sun is falling low."
An arched stair-way upon the opposite side of the room from which
they had entered wound upward through the wall, the stone steps
being lighted by narrow slits of windows cut through the massive
masonry. Above the room they had just left was another of the
same shape and size, but with an oak floor, sagging and rising
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An Open Letter on Translating by Dr. Martin Luther: This is itself a very risky and blasphemous way to worship for
people are easily accustomed to turning away from Christ. They
learn quickly to trust more in the saints than in Christ himself.
When our nature is already all to prone to run from God and
Christ, and trust in humanity, it is indeed difficult to learn to
trust in God and Christ, even though we have vowed to do so and
are therefore obligated to do so. Therefore, this offense is not
to be tolerated whereby those who are weak and of the flesh
participate in idolatry, against the first commandment and our
baptism. Even if one tries nothing other than to switch their
trust from the saints to Christ, through teaching and practice, it
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Several Works by Edgar Allan Poe: up the entrance of the niche.
I had scarcely laid the first tier of the masonry when I discovered
that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off.
The earliest indication I had of this was a low moaning cry from
the depth of the recess. It was not the cry of a drunken man.
There was then a long and obstinate silence. I laid the second
tier, and the third, and the fourth; and then I heard the furious
vibrations of the chain. The noise lasted for several minutes,
during which, that I might hearken to it with the more
satisfaction, I ceased my labours and sat down upon the bones.
When at last the clanking subsided, I resumed the trowel, and
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