| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: baffled many eminent men. The problem was to account for the fact
that light bodies, such as the seed of lycopodium, collected at the
vibrating parts of sounding plates, while sand ran to the nodal
lines. Faraday showed that the light bodies were entangled in the
little whirlwinds formed in the air over the places of vibration,
and through which the heavier sand was readily projected. Faraday's
resources as an experimentalist were so wonderful, and his delight
in experiment was so great, that he sometimes almost ran into excess
in this direction. I have heard him say that this paper on
vibrating surfaces was too heavily laden with experiments.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: apron, and over her thick, fair hair a bright red kerchief. But
her stockings were of white silk, and small, black buckled
slippers kept the little feet. Clear, blue eyes hers, and a
small merry mouth, and a skin after the sun's own heart. It was
so brown- such an even, delicate brown. Brown cheeks and
temples, brown arms and hands, brown throat. Oh, very
picturesque.
I rounded up the cow errant, returned to my lady, and took my
seat by her side.
"Thank you," she said. "And now, who are you and what do you
want?"
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