| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther: Thus the soul, in firmly believing the promises of God, holds Him
to be true and righteous; and it can attribute to God no higher
glory than the credit of being so. The highest worship of God is
to ascribe to Him truth, righteousness, and whatever qualities we
must ascribe to one in whom we believe. In doing this the soul
shows itself prepared to do His whole will; in doing this it
hallows His name, and gives itself up to be dealt with as it may
please God. For it cleaves to His promises, and never doubts that
He is true, just, and wise, and will do, dispose, and provide for
all things in the best way. Is not such a soul, in this its
faith, most obedient to God in all things? What commandment does
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: am dead and your Jesuit of a Chardin fled, the trial must
collapse. The face of our Adeline, made so happy by you, makes
death easy to me. Now you need not send the two hundred thousand
francs. Good-bye.
"This letter will be delivered by a prisoner for a short term whom
I can trust, I believe.
"JOHANN FISCHER."
"I beg your pardon," said Marshal Hulot to the Prince de Wissembourg
with pathetic pride.
"Come, come, say /tu/, not the formal /vous/," replied the Minister,
clasping his old friend's hand. "The poor lancer killed no one but
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: good man could truly tell nothing.
Carter sailed out of Dylath-Leen
one early morning when the tide turned, and saw the first rays
of sunrise on the thin angular towers of that dismal basalt town.
And for two days they sailed eastward in sight of green coasts,
and saw often the pleasant fishing towns that climbed up steeply
with their red roofs and chimney-pots from old dreaming wharves
and beaches where nets lay drying. But on the third day they turned
sharply south where the roll of water was stronger, and soon passed
from sight of any land. On the fifth day the sailors were nervous,
but the captain apologized for their fears, saying that the ship
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
