| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays & Lectures by Oscar Wilde: have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony
of a decorous age.
And lastly, let us remember that art is the one thing which Death
cannot harm. The little house at Concord may be desolate, but the
wisdom of New England's Plato is not silenced nor the brilliancy of
that Attic genius dimmed: the lips of Longfellow are still musical
for us though his dust be turning into the flowers which he loved:
and as it is with the greater artists, poet and philosopher and
song-bird, so let it be with you.
LECTURE TO ART STUDENTS
IN the lecture which it is my privilege to deliver before you to-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum: Ku-Klip, looking at Woot.
"No," said Woot, "we are not here to seek your skill,
but have merely come to you for information."
Then, between them, they related their search for
Nimmie Amee, whom the Tin Woodman explained he had
resolved to marry, yet who had promised to become the
bride of the Tin Soldier before he unfortunately became
rusted. And when the story was told, they asked Ku-Klip
if he knew what had become of Nimmie Amee.
"Not exactly," replied the old man, "but I know that
she wept bitterly when the Tin Soldier did not come to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: and the groans to Him sounded like loud shouts for help. God is quick to catch
the sigh of the heart.
Some have claimed that the saints are without infirmities. But Paul says:
"The Spirit helpeth our infirmities, and maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered." We need the help of the Holy Spirit
because we are weak and infirm. And the Holy Spirit never disappoints us.
Confronted by the armies of Pharaoh, retreat cut off by the waters of the Red
Sea, Moses was in a bad spot. He felt himself to blame. The devil accused him:
"These people will all perish, for they cannot escape. And you are to blame
because you led the people out of Egypt. You started all this." And then the
people started in on Moses. "Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou
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