| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: Frank brags, I say sharp things, and he never
forgets. He goes over and over it in his mind;
I can feel him. Then I'm too giddy. Frank's
wife ought to be timid, and she ought not to
care about another living thing in the world but
just Frank! I didn't, when I married him, but
I suppose I was too young to stay like that."
Marie sighed.
Alexandra had never heard Marie speak so
frankly about her husband before, and she felt
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White: attendants.
"Great Scot!" he cries, "I want to go camping; I don't want to
invade anybody's territory. Why the army?"
He discovers that these are porters, to carry his effects.
"What effects?" he demands, bewildered. As far as he knows, he
has two guns, some ammunition, and a black tin box, bought in
London, and half-filled with extra clothes, a few medicines, a
thermometer, and some little personal knick-knacks. He has been
wondering what else he is going to put in to keep things from
rattling about. Of course he expected besides these to take along
a little plain grub, and some blankets, and a frying pan and
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