| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: Spaniards, cannon-balls, canned beef, gunpowder, or nepotism. He went
forth with his pallid hair and china-blue eyes and ate up Spaniards
like you would sardines a la canopy. Wars and rumbles of wars never
flustered him. He would stand guard-duty, mosquitoes, hardtack,
treat, and fire with equally perfect unanimity. No blondes in history
ever come in comparison distance of him except the Jack of Diamonds
and Queen Catherine of Russia.
"I remember, one time, a little caballard of Spanish men sauntered out
from behind a patch of sugar-cane and shot Bob Turner, the first
sergeant of our company, while we were eating dinner. As required by
the army regulations, we fellows went through the usual tactics of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: God, and immediately the heavens shall be rolled together as a
scroll; and the earth shall be rent, and shall give up the dead
bodies of all men that ever were since the first man Adam until
that day. And then shall all men that have died since the
beginning of the world in the twinkling of an eye stand alive
before the judgement seat of the immortal Lord, and every man
shall give account of his deeds. Then shall the righteous shine
forth as the sun; they that believed in the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost, and ended this present life in good works. And how can I
describe to thee the glory that shall receive them at that day?
For though I compare their brightness and beauty to the light of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: Sir Richard's brow darkened; the Spaniard, in his insane pride, had
forced upon the good knight a suspicion which was not really just.
"Is it possible, then, Senor Don Guzman, that I am to have the
shame of mentioning a baser word?"
"Mention what you will, sir. All words are the same to me; for,
just or unjust, I shall answer them alike only by my sword."
"You will do no such thing, sir. You forget that I am your host."
"And do you suppose that you have therefore a right to insult me?
Stand on your guard, sir!"
Grenville answered by slapping his own rapier home into the sheath
with a quiet smile.
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