| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: write it down for those who fear, and who give alms, and those who
in our signs believe,- who follow the Apostle- the illiterate prophet,
whom they find written down with them in the law and the gospel,
bidding them what is reasonable and forbidding them what is wrong, and
making lawful for them what is good, and making unlawful evil
things; and setting down for them their burdens and the yokes which
were upon them;- to those who believe in him and aid him and help
him and follow the law which has been sent down with him- they shall
be the prosperous.'
Say, 'O ye folk! verily, I am the Apostle of God unto you all,'-
of Him whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, there is
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Chronicles 9: 11 And the king made of the sandal-wood paths for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers; and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
2_Chronicles 9: 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
2_Chronicles 9: 13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
2_Chronicles 9: 14 beside that which the traffickers and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
2_Chronicles 9: 15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target;
2_Chronicles 9: 16 three hundred shields of beaten gold also: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2_Chronicles 9: 17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
2_Chronicles 9: 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: don't let it be like the Glasgow memorial to Knox: I remember,
when I first saw this, laughing for an hour by Shrewsbury clock.
R. L. S.
Letter: TO H. C. IDE
[VAILIMA, JUNE 19, 1891.]
DEAR MR. IDE, - Herewith please find the DOCUMENT, which I trust
will prove sufficient in law. It seems to me very attractive in
its eclecticism; Scots, English, and Roman law phrases are all
indifferently introduced, and a quotation from the works of Haynes
Bayly can hardly fail to attract the indulgence of the Bench. -
Yours very truly,
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