| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: thongs, called Myles, and he turned and entered the pavilion.
As the two squires were adjusting these last pieces, strapping
them in place and tying the thongs, Lord George and Sir James Lee
entered the pavilion. Lord George took the young man by the hand,
and with a pleasant smile wished him success in the coming
encounter.
Sir James seemed anxious and disturbed. He said nothing, and
after Gascoyne had placed the open bascinet that supports the
tilting helm in its place, he came forward and examined the armor
piece by piece, carefully and critically, testing the various
straps and leather points and thongs to make sure of their
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln: can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place
for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live.
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . .
we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power
to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember,
what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: in the ribs, 'if you trot around on the trail of vice with your Uncle
Buck.'
"'I'll have to be home by seven, you know,' says Perry again.
"'Oh, yes,' says I, winking to myself, for I knew the kind of seven
o'clocks Perry Rountree got back by after he once got to passing
repartee with the bartenders.
"We goes down to the Gray Mule saloon--that old 'dobe building by the
depot.
"'Give it a name,' says I, as soon as we got one hoof on the foot-
rest.
"'Sarsaparilla,' says Perry.
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