| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen: him. And yonder, where sea and sky meet, stood the sun, like a large shining
altar, all melted together in the most glowing colors. And the wood and the
sea sang a song of rejoicing, and his heart sang with the rest: all nature was
a vast holy church, in which the trees and the buoyant clouds were the
pillars, flowers and grass the velvet carpeting, and heaven itself the large
cupola. The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million
stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his
arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a
path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who
had been confirmed with him. He had followed his own path, and had reached the
spot just as soon as the son of the king had done. They ran towards each
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: the kneading trough; another with the service of the table. All these
we assigned to separate places, distinguishing one portion for daily
and recurrent use and the rest for high days and holidays. Next we
selected and set aside the supplies required for the month's
expenditure; and, under a separate head,[11] we stored away what we
computed would be needed for the year.[12] For in this way there is
less chance of failing to note how the supplies are likely to last to
the end.
[8] "Movable property," "meubles."
[9] Holden cf. Plut. "De Curios." 515 E, {os gar Xenophon legei toi
Oikonomikois, k.t.l.}
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft: of taking their slaves to any part of the country
they think proper, it occurred to me that, as
my wife was nearly white, I might get her to
disguise herself as an invalid gentleman, and
assume to be my master, while I could attend as
his slave, and that in this manner we might effect
our escape. After I thought of the plan, I sug-
gested it to my wife, but at first she shrank from
the idea. She thought it was almost impossible
for her to assume that disguise, and travel a dis-
tance of 1,000 miles across the slave States. How-
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