| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald: you."
Amory sat up in bed and lit a cigarette while Rahill settled for
a conversation. Rahill's favorite subject was the respective
futures of the sixth form, and Amory never tired of outlining
them for his benefit.
"Ted Converse? 'At's easy. He'll fail his exams, tutor all summer
at Harstrum's, get into Sheff with about four conditions, and
flunk out in the middle of the freshman year. Then he'll go back
West and raise hell for a year or so; finally his father will
make him go into the paint business. He'll marry and have four
sons, all bone heads. He'll always think St. Regis's spoiled him,
 This Side of Paradise |
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 On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: J.E., on striped mule
Grebe
Grouse, colours of; red, a doubtful species
Growth, compensation of; correlation of, in domestic products; correlation
of
Habit, effect of, under domestication; effect of, under nature;
diversified, of same species
Hair and teeth, correlated
Harcourt, Mr. E.V., on the birds of Madeira
Hartung, M., on boulders in the Azores
Hazel-nuts
 On the Origin of Species |