| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: me where first to seek, and advancing to the windows I
peered within. I soon discovered that my approach was not
to be the easy thing I had hoped, for the rear rooms bordering
the court were filled with warriors and women. I then
glanced up at the stories above, discovering that the third
was apparently unlighted, and so decided to make my entrance
to the building from that point. It was the work of
but a moment for me to reach the windows above, and
soon I had drawn myself within the sheltering shadows of
the unlighted third floor.
Fortunately the room I had selected was untenanted, and
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: mother--well, we needn't go into that, because it would have to
be hypothetical, anyway. You see, Jock, I've loved you so long
and so well that I know your faults as well as your virtues; and
I love you, not in spite of them but because of them.
"Oh, I don't know," interrupted Jock, with some warmth, "I'm
not perfect, but a fellow----"
"Perfect! Jock McChesney, when I think of Grace's feelings when
she discovers that you never close a closet door! When I
contemplate her emotions on hearing your howl at finding one seed
in your orange juice at breakfast! When she learns of your
secret and unholy passion for neckties that have a dash of red in
Emma McChesney & Co. |
