| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: 'O Moses! fear not; verily, as for me-apostles fear not with me;
save only those who have done wrong and then substitute good for evil;
for, verily, I am forgiving, merciful! but put thy hand in thy
bosom, it shall come forth white without hurt;-one of nine signs to
Pharaoh and his people; verily, they are a people who act abominably.'
And when our signs came to them visibly, they said, 'This is obvious
sorcery!' and they gainsaid them-though their souls made sure of
them unjustly, haughtily; but, behold what was the end of the
evildoers!
And we gave David and Solomon knowledge; and they both said, 'Praise
belongs to God, who hath preferred us over many of His servants who
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay: entirely cut off from the North, either by telegraph or mail.
General Scott hastily prepared the city for a siege, taking
possession of all the large supplies of flour and provisions in
town, and causing the Capitol and other public buildings to be
barricaded. Though President Lincoln did not doubt the final
arrival of help, he, like everyone else, was very anxious, and
found it hard to understand the long delay. He knew that troops
had started from the North. Why did they not arrive? They might
not be able to go through Baltimore, but they could certainly go
around it. The distance was not great. What if twenty miles of
railroad had been destroyed, were the soldiers unable to march?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Oscar Wilde Miscellaneous by Oscar Wilde: My sword is better tempered, finer steel,
But let us match our daggers.
BIANCA [to Guido]
Kill him! kill him!
SIMONE. Put out the torch, Bianca.
[Bianca puts out torch.]
Now, my good Lord,
Now to the death of one, or both of us,
Or all three it may be. [They fight.]
There and there.
Ah, devil! do I hold thee in my grip?
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