| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: goings.
JOB 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers
of iniquity may hide themselves.
JOB 34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with God.
JOB 34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set
others in their stead.
JOB 34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in
the night, so that they are destroyed.
JOB 34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
JOB 34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson: young man, the flush came back darkly into his cheek, and his eyes
threw out a spark of light.
"You are the men for me!" he cried, with an almost terrible gaiety.
"Shake hands upon the bargain!" (his hand was cold and wet). "You
little know in what a company you will begin the march! You little
know in what a happy moment for yourselves you partook of my cream
tarts! I am only a unit, but I am a unit in an army. I know
Death's private door. I am one of his familiars, and can show you
into eternity without ceremony and yet without scandal."
They called upon him eagerly to explain his meaning.
"Can you muster eighty pounds between you?" he demanded.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: and Calcutta; but where? Had they met accidentally, or had Fogg gone
into the interior purposely in quest of this charming damsel?
Fix was fairly puzzled. He asked himself whether there had not
been a wicked elopement; and this idea so impressed itself
upon his mind that he determined to make use of the supposed intrigue.
Whether the young woman were married or not, he would be able to create
such difficulties for Mr. Fogg at Hong Kong that he could not escape
by paying any amount of money.
But could he even wait till they reached Hong Kong? Fogg had an
abominable way of jumping from one boat to another, and, before anything
could be effected, might get full under way again for Yokohama.
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