| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea,
one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his
trouble.
ISA 46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to
mind, O ye transgressors.
ISA 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is
none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
ISA 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure:
ISA 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: wisdom doubtless by the heavy losses they must struggle with who sow
before God's bidding.
[2] Or, "it is a maxim held of all men."
Isch. It seems, then, you and I and all mankind hold one opinion on
these matters?
Soc. Why, yes; where God himself is teacher, such accord is apt to
follow; for instance, all men are agreed, it is better to wear thick
clothes[3] in winter, if so be they can. We light fires by general
consent, provided we have logs to burn.
[3] Or, "a thick cloak." See Rich, s.v. Pallium (= {imation}).
Yet as regards this very period of seed-time (he made answer),
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling: And Tomlinson looked up and up, and saw against the night
The belly of a tortured star blood-red in Hell-Mouth light;
And Tomlinson looked down and down, and saw beneath his feet
The frontlet of a tortured star milk-white in Hell-Mouth heat.
"O I had a love on earth," said he, "that kissed me to my fall,
And if ye would call my love to me I know she would answer all."
-- "All that ye did in love forbid it shall be written fair,
But now ye wait at Hell-Mouth Gate and not in Berkeley Square:
Though we whistled your love from her bed to-night, I trow she would not run,
For the sin ye do by two and two ye must pay for one by one!"
The Wind that blows between the worlds, it cut him like a knife,
Verses 1889-1896 |
