| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus: The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
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Are these the only works of Providence within us? What words
suffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding,
should we ever cease hymning and blessing the Divine Power, both
openly and in secret, and telling of His gracious gifts? Whether
digging or ploughing or eating, should we not sing the hymn to
God:--
Great is God, for that He hath given us such instruments to till
the ground withal:
Great is God, for that He hath given us hands and the power of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Purse by Honore de Balzac: farewell. She lived by work, saving up a treasure for her son.
And, in after years, a day, an hour repaid her amply for the long
and weary sacrifices of her indigence.
At the last exhibition her son had received the Cross of the
Legion of Honor. The newspapers, unanimous in hailing an unknown
genius, still rang with sincere praises. Artists themselves
acknowledged Schinner as a master, and dealers covered his
canvases with gold pieces. At five-and-twenty Hippolyte Schinner,
to whom his mother had transmitted her woman's soul, understood
more clearly than ever his position in the world. Anxious to
restore to his mother the pleasures of which society had so long
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: ters no longer went out into service, so Alex-
andra got her girls from Sweden, by paying
their fare over. They stayed with her until
they married, and were replaced by sisters or
cousins from the old country.
Alexandra took her three nieces into the
flower garden. She was fond of the little girls,
especially of Milly, who came to spend a week
with her aunt now and then, and read aloud
to her from the old books about the house, or
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