| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner: sword, marauder or speculator, so he calls it ours, we must cloak up the
evil it has done!' Think you, no other curses rise to heaven but yours?
Where is your sword? Into whose hand has it fallen? Take it quickly and
cleanse it!'"
Peter Halket crouched, looking upwards; then he cried: "Master, I cannot
give that message, I am a poor unlearn'd man. And if I should go to
England and cry aloud, they would say, 'Who is this, who comes preaching to
a great people? Is not his mother with us, and a washerwoman; and was not
his father a day labourer at two shillings a day?' and they would laugh me
to scorn. And, in truth, the message is so long I could not well remember
it; give me other work to do."
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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 Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Do you think they will follow you?" asked Divine.
At the suggestion every head turned toward the trail down
which the two panic-stricken men had just come. At the same
moment a hoarse shout arose from the cove below and the
five looked down to see a scene of wild activity upon the
beach. The defection of Theriere's party had been discovered,
as well as the absence of the girl and the theft of the
provisions.
Skipper Simms was dancing about like a madman. His
bellowed oaths rolled up the cliffs like thunder. Presently
Ward caught a glimpse of the men at the top of the cliff
The Mucker |
