| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Ancient Regime by Charles Kingsley: proves that man ought not to be, and need not be, the creature of
circumstances, the puppet of institutions; but, if he will, their
conqueror and their lord.
Of these original spirits who helped to bring life out of death, and
the modern world out of the decay of the mediaeval world, the French
PHILOSOPHES and encyclopaedists are, of course, the most notorious.
They confessed, for the most part, that their original inspiration
had come from England. They were, or considered themselves, the
disciples of Locke; whose philosophy, it seems to me, their own acts
disproved.
And first, a few words on these same philosophes. One may be
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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 Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: dawn, and I may have made also some small song to myself. Now,
Little Brother, there is nothing more to do. Come hunting with me
and Baloo. He has new hives that he wishes to show, and we
all desire thee back again as of old. Take off that look which
makes even me afraid! The man and woman will not be put into the
Red Flower, and all goes well in the Jungle. Is it not true?
Let us forget the Man-Pack."
"They shall he forgotten in a little while. Where does Hathi
feed to-night?"
"Where he chooses. Who can answer for the Silent One? But why?
What is there Hathi can do which we cannot?"
The Second Jungle Book |
