| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: tusk, and unable to help his own distress. How then shall he
take thought for mankind, he the adulterer, the hunter who died a
violent death?
"All such tales, and many like them, and many wicked tales more
shameful still, have the Greeks introduced, O king, concerning
their gods; tales, whereof it is unlawful to speak, or even to
have them in remembrance. Hence men, taking occasion from their
gods, wrought all lawlessness, lasciviousness and ungodliness,
polluting earth and air with their horrible deeds.
"But the Egyptians, more fatuous and foolish than they, have
erred worse than any other nation. They were not satisfied with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: BURGUNDY.
I trust the ghost of Talbot is not there:
Now he is gone, my lord, you need not fear.
PUCELLE.
Of all base passions, fear is most accursed.
Command the conquest, Charles, it shall be thine,
Let Henry fret and all the world repine.
CHARLES.
Then on, my lords; and France be fortunate!
[Exeunt.]
SCENE III. Before Angiers.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Captain Stormfield by Mark Twain: "Well," says I, "I reckon I ought to be ashamed of myself, but the
fact is I left them laying around that day I resigned from the
choir. I haven't got a rag to wear but this robe and the wings."
"That's all right. You'll find they've been raked up and saved for
you. Send for them."
"I'll do it, Sandy. But what was it you was saying about
unsacrilegious things, which people expect to get, and will be
disappointed about?"
"Oh, there are a lot of such things that people expect and don't
get. For instance, there's a Brooklyn preacher by the name of
Talmage, who is laying up a considerable disappointment for
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