| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: "Let her go!" cried Hook.
"'Twas your own orders," the bo'sun faltered.
"You called over the water to us to let her go," said Starkey.
"Brimstone and gall," thundered Hook, "what cozening [cheating]
is going on here!" His face had gone black with rage, but he saw
that they believed their words, and he was startled. "Lads," he
said, shaking a little, "I gave no such order."
"It is passing queer," Smee said, and they all fidgeted
uncomfortably. Hook raised his voice, but there was a quiver in
it.
"Spirit that haunts this dark lagoon to-night," he cried, "dost
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln: It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . .
we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power
to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember,
what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining
before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion
to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . .
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 60: 2 (60:4) Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.
Psalms 60: 3 (60:5) Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Psalms 60: 4 (60:6) Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
Psalms 60: 5 (60:7) That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.
Psalms 60: 6 (60:8) God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Psalms 60: 7 (60:9) Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
Psalms 60: 8 (60:10) Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me!
Psalms 60: 9 (60:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?
Psalms 60: 10 (60:12) Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.
Psalms 60: 11 (60:13) Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 60: 12 (60:14) Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.
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