| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: hanging. . . . If she could somehow manage to marry him while he
was in jail, all those millions would be hers and hers alone should
he be executed. And if marriage was not possible, perhaps she
could get a loan from him by promising to marry him when he was
released or by promising--oh promising anything! And if they
hanged him, her day of settlement would never come.
For a moment her imagination flamed at the thought of being made a
widow by the kindly intervention of the Yankee government.
Millions in gold! She could repair Tara and hire hands and plant
miles and miles of cotton. And she could have pretty clothes and
all she wanted to eat and so could Suellen and Carreen. And Wade
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: But in spite of all this poverty the church was not without some
tender harmonies delightful to choice souls, and set in charming
relief by their own colors. The rich dark tones of the wood relieved
the white of the walls and blended with the triumphal crimson cast on
the chancel. This trinity of color was a reminder of the grand
Catholic doctrine.
If surprise was the first emotion roused by this pitiful house of the
Lord, surprise was followed speedily by admiration mingled with pity.
Did it not truly express the poverty of that poor region? Was it not
in harmony with the naive simplicity of the parsonage? The building
was perfectly clean and well-kept. The fragrance of country virtues
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Smalcald Articles by Dr. Martin Luther: them whether the expressions of Augustine without Scripture
[being without the warrant of the Word] are to be admitted,
and whether the dead should be remembered at the Eucharist.
For it will not do to frame articles of faith from the works
or words of the holy Fathers; otherwise their kind of fare, of
garments, of house, etc., would have to become an article of
faith, as was done with relies. [We have, however, another
rule, namely] The rule is: The Word of God shall establish
articles of faith, and no one else, not even an angel.
Secondly. From this it has followed that evil spirits have
perpetrated much knavery [exercised their malice] by appearing
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