| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: life and her throne, the Dowager has become a convert to the
policy of progress. She has, in fact, outstripped her nephew.
"Long may she live!" "Late may she rule us!" During her lifetime
she may be counted on to carry forward the cause she has so
ardently espoused. She grasps the reins with a firm hand; and her
courage is such that she does not hesitate to drive the chariot
of state over many a new and untried road. She knows she can rely
on the support of her viceroys--men of her own appointment. She
knows too that the spirit of reform is abroad in the land, and
that the heart of the people is with her.
--W. A. P. Martin in "The Awakening of China."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: children, and say that children are saved without Baptism.
Article X: Of the Lord's Supper.
Of the Supper of the Lord they teach that the Body and Blood
of Christ are truly present, and are distributed to those who
eat the Supper of the Lord; and they reject those that teach
otherwise.
Article XI: Of Confession.
Of Confession they teach that Private Absolution ought to be
retained in the churches, although in confession an
enumeration of all sins is not necessary. For it is impossible
according to the Psalm: Who can understand his errors? Ps. 19,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac: things?"
"God forbid I should consult a doctor," he cried, showing the aversion
most imaginary invalids feel for the medical profession.
I now listened to much crazy talk, in the course of which he made the
most absurd confidences,--complained of his wife, of the servants, of
the children, of life, evidently pleased to repeat his daily speeches
to a friend who, not having heard them daily, might be alarmed, and
who at any rate was forced to listen out of politeness. He must have
been satisfied, for I paid him the utmost attention, trying to
penetrate his inconceivable nature, and to guess what new tortures he
had been inflicting on his wife, of which she had not written to me.
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