| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: comers to wrestle with him, for he is the best wrestler in
all Attica, and overthrows all who come; and those whom he
overthrows he murders miserably, and his palace-court is full
of their bones.'
Then Theseus frowned, and said, 'This seems indeed an ill-
ruled land, and adventures enough in it to be tried. But if
I am the heir of it, I will rule it and right it, and here is
my royal sceptre.'
And he shook his club of bronze, while the nymphs and
shepherds clung round him, and entreated him not to go.
But on he went nevertheless, till he could see both the seas
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard: Saduko leapt at him, smiting him across the shoulders with the little
stick that he carried. For a moment Masapo paused, and I thought that
he was going to show fight. If he had any such intention, however, he
changed his mind, for without a word, or showing any resentment at the
insult which he had received, he broke into a heavy run and vanished
among the evening shadows. Mameena, who had observed all, broke into
something else, namely, a laugh.
"Piff! My husband is big yet not brave," she said, "but I do not think
he meant to hurt you, woman."
"Do you speak to me, wife of Masapo?" asked Nandie with gentle dignity,
as she gained her feet and picked up the stunned child. "If so, my name
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Profits of Religion by Upton Sinclair: not satisfied! Another offers land in Bolivia for two dollars an
acre. Another quotes Shakespeare: " 'Tis the mind that makes the
body rich." Another offers two copies of the "Phrenological Era"
for ten cents.
There is apparently no delusion of any age or clime which cannot
find dupes among the readers of this New Nonsense. One notice
commands:
Stop! A Revelation! A Book has been written entitled "Strands of
Gold" or "From Darkness into Light!"
Another announces:
The Most Wonderful Book of the Ages: The Acquarian Gospel of
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