| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: which does certainly reside, more or less hidden, in the
deeps of the mind, and has been waiting through the
ages for its disclosure and recognition. Then again to the
recognition that in the sacrifices, the Slayer and the Slain
are one--the strange and profoundly mystic perception
that the God and the Victim are in essence the same--the
dedication of 'Himself to Himself'[2] and simultaneously
with this the interpretation of the Eucharist as meaning,
even for the individual, the participation in Eternal Life--
the continuing life of the Tribe, or ultimately of Humanity.[3]
The Tribal order rises to Humanity; love ascends from the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: because no powerful executive authority is required - What
circumstances are favorable to the elective system - Why the
election of the President does not cause a deviation from the
principles of the Government - Influence of the election of the
President on secondary functionaries.
The dangers of the system of election applied to the head of
the executive government of a great people have been sufficiently
exemplified by experience and by history, and the remarks I am
about to make refer to America alone. These dangers may be more
or less formidable in proportion to the place which the executive
power occupies, and to the importance it possesses in the State;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain: don't let Aunt Polly catch a sight of you, nor nobody
else. Then you jump for the balloon and shove for
Mount Sinai three hundred miles an hour. You won't
have lost more than an hour. You'll start back at 7 or
8 A.M., village time, and be here in 24 hours, arriving
at 2 or 3 P.M., Mount Sinai time."
Tom he read the piece of paper to us. He had
wrote on it:
"THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Tom Sawyer the Erro-
nort sends his love to Aunt Polly from Mount Sinai
where the Ark was, and so does Huck Finn, and she
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