| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: And she said, in a voice strangely unlike her own: "I see the vision of a
poor, weak soul striving after good. It was not cut short, and in the end
it learnt, through tears and much pain, that holiness is an infinite
compassion for others; that greatness is to take the common things of life
and walk truly among them; that"--She moved her white hand and laid it on
her forehead--"happiness is a great love and much serving. It was not cut
short; and it loved what it had learnt--it loved--and--"
Was that all she saw in the corner?
Gregory told the landlady the next morning that she had been wandering all
night. Yet, when he came in to give her her breakfast, she was sitting up
against the pillows, looking as he had not seen her look before.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: armis in metendo occupatos Subito adorti paucis interfectis reliquos
incertis ordinibus perturbaverant, simul equitatu atque essedis
circumdederant.
Genus hoc est ex essedis pugnae. Primo per omnes partes perequitant
et tela coiciunt atque ipso terrore equorum et strepitu rotarum ordines
plerumque perturbant, et cum se inter equitum turmas insinuaverunt, ex
essedis desiliunt et pedibus proeliantur. Aurigae interim paulatim ex
proelio excedunt atque ita currus conlocant ut, si illi a multitudine
hostium premantur, expeditum ad quos receptum habeant. Ita mobilitatem
equitum, stabilitatem peditum in proeliis praestant, ac tantum usu
cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: As did the fatal brand Althaea burn'd
Unto the prince's heart of Calydon.
Anjou and Maine both given unto the French!
Cold news for me, for I had hope of France,
Even as I have of fertile England's soil.
A day will come when York shall claim his own;
And therefore I will take the Nevils' parts,
And make a show of love to proud Duke Humphrey,
And when I spy advantage, claim the crown,
For that 's the golden mark I seek to hit.
Nor shall proud Lancaster usurp my right,
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