| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from La Grenadiere by Honore de Balzac: was her manner, that his tutors told her the truth, pointing out where
Louis was weak, so that she might help him in his lessons. Then came
dinner, and play after dinner, then a walk, and lessons were learned
till bedtime.
So their days went. It was a uniform but full life; work and
amusements left them not a dull hour in the day. Discouragement and
quarreling were impossible. The mother's boundless love made
everything smooth. She taught her little sons moderation by refusing
them nothing, and submission by making them see underlying Necessity
in its many forms; she put heart into them with timely praise;
developing and strengthening all that was best in their natures with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ecclesiastes 4: 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4: 12 And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4: 13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
Ecclesiastes 4: 14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; although in his kingdom he was born poor.
Ecclesiastes 4: 15 I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the child, the second, that was to stand up in his stead.
Ecclesiastes 4: 16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them whom he did lead; yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 5: 1 (4:17) Guard thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be ready to hearken: it is better than when fools give sacrifices; for they know not that they do evil.
Ecclesiastes 5: 2 (5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5: 3 (5:2) For a dream cometh through a multitude of business; and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 5: 4 (5:3) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest.
Ecclesiastes 5: 5 (5:4) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: had once insinuated to Jorgenson, "In what way am I less worthy
of being a friend than Belarab?"
It was a distinct overture, a disclosure of the man's innermost
mind. Jorgenson, of course, had met it with a profound silence.
His task was not diplomacy but the care of stores.
After the effort of connected mental processes in order to bring
about Mrs. Travers' departure he was anxious to dismiss the whole
matter from his mind. The last thought he gave to it was severely
practical. It occurred to him that it would be advisable to
attract in some way or other Lingard's attention to the lagoon.
In the language of the sea a single rocket is properly a signal
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