| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: He laughed. "Read it," he bade her again, though there was no need
for the injunction, for already she was deciphering the crabbed hand
and the atrocious spelling - for His Grace of Monmouth's education had
been notoriously neglected. The letter, which was dated from The Hague,
was addressed "To my good friend W., at Bridgwater." It began, "Sir,"
spoke of the imminent arrival of His Grace in the West, and gave
certain instructions for the collection of arms and the work of
preparing men for enlistment in his Cause, ending with protestations
of His Grace's friendship and esteem.
Ruth read the epistle twice before its treasonable nature was made clear
to her; before she understood the thing that was foreshadowed. Then she
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: and where mountains are rare. A favorable circumstance if, as
they thought, the lunar atmosphere was stored only in its depths.
"Besides," observed Michel Ardan, "a plain is easier to
disembark upon than a mountain. A Selenite, deposited in Europe
on the summit of Mont Blanc, or in Asia on the top of the
Himalayas, would not be quite in the right place."
"And," added Captain Nicholl, "on a flat ground, the projectile
will remain motionless when it has once touched; whereas on a
declivity it would roll like an avalanche, and not being
squirrels we should not come out safe and sound. So it is all
for the best."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.: every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places
will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight,
and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall
see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the
South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain
of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to
transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful
symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work
together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail
together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will
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