| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Atheist's Mass by Honore de Balzac: of the Real Presence, a schism which rent the Church during three
centuries! The wars of the Count of Toulouse against the
Albigenses were the tail end of that dispute. The Vaudois and the
Albigenses refused to recognize this innovation."
In short, Desplein was delighted to disport himself in his most
atheistical vein; a flow of Voltairean satire, or, to be
accurate, a vile imitation of the Citateur.
"Hallo! where is my worshiper of this morning?" said Bianchon to
himself.
He said nothing; he began to doubt whether he had really seen his
chief at Saint-Sulpice. Desplein would not have troubled himself
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
ZEC 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the
truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your
gates:
ZEC 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his
neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,
saith the LORD.
ZEC 8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
ZEC 8:19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month,
and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of
the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: cursing and muttering in undertones. So angry was Matapuu, that he
strode suddenly over to the fire-tender and kicked him in the ribs,
whereupon the old savage emitted an appalling squeal, pig-like in
its wild-animal fear, and fell face downward in the ashes and lay
quivering in momentary expectation of death.
Other heads, thoroughly sun-dried and smoke-cured, were found in
abundance, but, with two exceptions, they were the heads of blacks.
So this was the manner of hunting that went on in the dark and evil
forest, Sheldon thought, as he regarded them. The atmosphere of
the place was sickening, yet he could not forbear to pause before
one of Binu Charley's finds.
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