| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: of support. . .to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for
invective. . .to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak. . .
and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.
Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversaries,
we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew
the quest for peace; before the dark powers of destruction unleashed
by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient
beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from
our present course. . .both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons,
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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 Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: Sir, I will never raise mine eyes to look upon the Lady Alice
more."
"I say not that either, boy," said the Earl; "but ere thou dost
so dare, thou must first place thyself and thy family whence ye
fell. Till then, as thou art an honest man, trouble her not. Now
get thee gone.
As Myles crossed the dark and silent courtyards, and looked up at
the clear, still twinkle of the stars, he felt a kind of dull
wonder that they and the night and the world should seem so much
the same, and he be so different.
The first stroke had been given that was to break in pieces his
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