| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: deal
when he became a partner in the house. So a couple of dinners
were given in the mansion during December, after which the father
called the son's attention to the fact that over a hundred
million dollars
had sat around the board.
But on Christmas Eve father and son were dining together without
guests,
and their talk across the broad table, glittering with silver and
cut glass, and softly lit by shaded candles, was intimate, though
a little
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: and moaning unceasingly. But, on the eighth day, he went back to
his palace and distributed amongst the poor all his wealth and
riches, so that not one person was left in want.
XXXVI.
In a few days, after he had ended this ministry, and emptied all
his coffers, in order that the burden of his money might not
hinder him from entering in at the narrow gate, on the fortieth
day after his father's decease, and in remembrance of him, he
called together all his officers, and those who wore soldiers'
attire, and of the citizens not a few. Sitting in the front,
according to custom, in the audience of all he said, "Lo, as ye
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: egg; reverting to blue colour; instinct of tumbling; carriers, killed by
hawks; young of
Pistil, rudimentary
Plants, poisonous, not affecting certain coloured animals; selection
applied to; gradual improvement of; not improved in barbarous countries;
destroyed by insects; in midst of range, have to struggle with other
plants; nectar of; fleshy, on sea-shores; fresh-water, distribution of; low
in scale; widely distributed
Plumage, laws of change in sexes of birds
Plums in the United States
Pointer dog, origin of; habits of
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