| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: Pinkie Bonn's face was suddenly wreathed in smiles.
"I'll answer you now, Shluk," he grinned. "What do you think? That
we're nuts, me an' Pug? Well, forget it! We didn't have to stick
around watchin' Pete an' Marny; we just had to wait until they had
collected the dough. That was the most trouble we had - wonderin'
when that would be. Well, we don't have to wonder any more. We
know now that the cherries are ripe. See? An' now we'll go an'
pick 'em! Where? Where d'ye suppose? Down to Charlie's, of course!
I hears 'em talkin' about that, too. They ain't so foolish! They're
out for an alibi themselves. Get the idea? They was to sneak out
of Charlie's without anybody seem' 'em, an' if everything broke
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Several Works by Edgar Allan Poe: of the orchestra were constrained to pause, momentarily, in their
performance, to harken to the sound; and thus the waltzers perforce
ceased their evolutions; and there was a brief disconcert of the
whole gay company; and, while the chimes of the clock yet rang, it
was observed that the giddiest grew pale, and the more aged and
sedate passed their hands over their brows as if in confused
revery or meditation. But when the echoes had fully ceased, a
light laughter at once pervaded the assembly; the musicians looked
at each other and smiled as if at their own nervousness and folly,
and made whispering vows, each to the other, that the next chiming
of the clock should produce in them no similar emotion; and then,
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin: It has been observed with men belonging to various races, namely with Hindoos,
the dark hill-tribes of India, Malays, and, as the Rev. Mr. Hagenauer
informs me, with the aborigines of Australia.
When infants scream they firmly contract the muscles round
their eyes, and this draws up the upper lip; and as they
have to keep their mouths widely open, the depressor muscles
running to the corners are likewise brought into strong action.
This generally, but not invariably, causes a slight angular bend
in the lower lip on both sides, near the corners of the mouth.
The result of the upper and lower lip being thus acted on is that
the mouth assumes a squarish outline. The contraction of the depressor
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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 Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis: of me. He was waiting at the hotel for me to
join him, and then we were going to look you up
together. He found you first and I never did
find you."
"But I don't exactly understand," says the
doctor. "You say he had the idea of shooting
me."
"I don't understand everything myself," says
Colonel Tom. "But I do understand that Prent
McMakin must have played some sort of a two-
faced game. He never said a word to me about
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