| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: the middle of it was a pedestal with seven steps, all of black
marble; and on the pedestal stood a stone statue of a woman
looking as natural as life, only that her eyes were shut. The
statue was dressed like a queen: she wore a golden crown on her
head, and upon her body hung golden robes, set with diamonds and
emeralds and rubies and sapphires and pearls and all sorts of
precious stones.
As for the face of the statue, white paper and black ink could
not tell you how beautiful it was. When Selim looked at it, it
made his heart stand still in his breast, it was so beautiful.
The six men brought Selim up in front of the statue, and then a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Disputation of the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther: mercy.
43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor
or lends to the needy does a better work than buying pardons;
44. Because love grows by works of love, and man becomes
better; but by pardons man does not grow better, only more
free from penalty.
45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a man in
need, and passes him by, and gives [his money] for pardons,
purchases not the indulgences of the pope, but the indignation
of God.
46. Christians are to be taught that unless they have more
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Domestic Peace by Honore de Balzac: and crabbed countenance was no longer to be seen under the circle of
light which a shaded lamp casts on a gaming-table.
"Those fiends of soldiers are always as thick as thieves at a fair!"
said a diplomate who had been looking on, as he took Soulanges' place.
One single pallid and fatigued face turned to the newcomer, and said
with a glance that flashed and died out like the sparkle of a diamond:
"When we say military men, we do not mean civil, Monsieur le
Ministre."
"My dear fellow," said Montcornet to Soulanges, leading him into a
corner, "the Emperor spoke warmly in your praise this morning, and
your promotion to be field-marshal is a certainty."
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