| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: and dumped it in, and down it sunk, out of sight.
You could easy see that something had been dragged
over the ground. I did wish Tom Sawyer was there;
I knowed he would take an interest in this kind of
business, and throw in the fancy touches. Nobody
could spread himself like Tom Sawyer in such a thing
as that.
Well, last I pulled out some of my hair, and blooded
the axe good, and stuck it on the back side, and slung
the axe in the corner. Then I took up the pig and held
him to my breast with my jacket (so he couldn't drip)
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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 Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: take arms for the restoration of the house of Stewart, whom they
regarded, with justice, as their oppressors; and the intrigues of
the period presented the strange picture of papists, prelatists,
and presbyterians, caballing among themselves against the English
government, out of a common feeling that their country had been
treated with injustice. The fermentation was universal; and, as
the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms,
under the act of security, they were not indifferently prepared
for war, and waited but the declaration of some of the nobility
to break out into open hostility. It was at this period of
public confusion that our story opens.
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: but he saw no other way and there was always the hope that
just beyond the next turn would be a way out of the gorge.
"You help the lieutenant, Otobu," he said, turning to the
black, "and I will carry Miss Kircher," and though the girl
objected, saying that he must not waste his strength, he lifted
her lightly in his arms and moved off up the canyon, followed
by Otobu and the Englishman. They had gone no great dis-
tance when the others of the party became aware of the sounds
of pursuit, for now the lions were whining as though the fresh
scent spoor of their quarry had reached their nostrils.
"I wish that your Numa would return," said the girl.
Tarzan the Untamed |
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 The Ebb-Tide by Stevenson & Osbourne: began again, and once more stopped. 'Beg your pardon, Herrick,'
he added with undisguised humility, 'but did you keep the
run of the stores?'
'Had I been told to do so, it should have been done, as the
rest was done, to the best of my little ability,' said Herrick.
'As it was, the cook helped himself to what he pleased.'
Davis looked at the table.
'I drew it rather fine, you see,' he said at last. 'The great
thing was to clear right out of Papeete before the consul could
think better of it. Tell you what: I guess I'll take stock.'
And he rose from table and disappeared with a lamp in the
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