| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
CO1 10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for
that for which I give thanks?
CO1 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all to the glory of God.
CO1 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of God:
CO1 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own
profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
CO1 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
CO1 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Study of a Woman by Honore de Balzac: not echoing at the present moment through all the salons of Paris.
The Marquise de Listomere danced, about a month ago, with a young man
as modest as he is lively, full of good qualities, but exhibiting,
chiefly, his defects. He is ardent, but he laughs at ardor; he has
talent, and he hides it; he plays the learned man with aristocrats,
and the aristocrat with learned men. Eugene de Rastignac is one of
those extremely clever young men who try all things, and seem to sound
others to discover what the future has in store. While awaiting the
age of ambition, he scoffs at everything; he has grace and
originality, two rare qualities because the one is apt to exclude the
other. On this occasion he talked for nearly half an hour with madame
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Crisis in Russia by Arthur Ransome: Commissions or were joined for the purpose to larger
factories near by. These Commissions were to be under the
direct control of a Factory Committee, thereby preventing
squabbles between conscripted and non-conscripted labor.
They were to be elected for six months, but their members
could be withdrawn and replaced by the Factory
Committee with the approval of the local "Troika."
These Commissions, like the "Troikas," consisted of three
members: (1) from the management of the factory, (2) from
the Factory Committee, (3) from the Executive Committee
of the workers. (It was suggested in the directions that one
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