| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: The desert Arabs who were left behind shall say, Our wealth and
our people occnpied us; ask pardon then for us!'-they speak with their
tongues what is not in their hearts!
Say, 'Who can control for you aught from God, if He wish you harm or
wish you advantage Nay, God of what ye do is well aware!
Nay, ye thought that the Apostle and the believers would not ever
return again to their families; that was made seemly in your hearts!
and ye thought evil thoughts, and ye were a corrupt people.
Whoso believes not in God and His Apostle- we have prepared for
the unbelievers a blaze!
God's is the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth. He pardons
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: appeared from its imprint to be the latest authority, and showed
marks of frequent consultation in the passages about the French
Frigate Shoals, the Harman, Cure, Pearl, and Hermes reefs,
Lisiansky Island, Ocean Island, and the place where we then
lay--Brooks or Midway. A volume of Macaulay's _Essays_
and a shilling Shakespeare led the van of the belles lettres; the
rest were novels: several Miss Braddons--of course, _Aurora
Floyd_, which has penetrated to every isle of the Pacific, a good
many cheap detective books, _Rob Roy_, Auerbach's _Auf der
Hohe_ in the German, and a prize temperance story, pillaged
(to judge by the stamp) from an Anglo-Indian circulating
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: I was sure of it. I had almost overcome my pride so far as to go
back to the agency and inquire whether the place was still open
when I received this letter from the gentleman himself. I have it
here and I will read it to you:
"'The Copper Beeches, near Winchester.
"'DEAR MISS HUNTER:--"Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your
address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have
reconsidered your decision. My wife is very anxious that you
should come, for she has been much attracted by my description of
you. We are willing to give 30 pounds a quarter, or 120 pounds a
year, so as to recompense you for any little inconvenience which
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
