| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: "Exactly!" said Winterbourne.
She looked away at Giovanelli, who was decorating himself
with his almond blossom. Then looking back at Winterbourne,
"I shouldn't think you would let people be so unkind!" she said.
"How can I help it?" he asked.
"I should think you would say something."
"I do say something"; and he paused a moment. "I say that your mother
tells me that she believes you are engaged."
"Well, she does," said Daisy very simply.
Winterbourne began to laugh. "And does Randolph believe it?" he asked.
"I guess Randolph doesn't believe anything," said Daisy.
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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 The Tanach: 2_Chronicles 15: 7 But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'
2_Chronicles 15: 8 And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
2_Chronicles 15: 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
2_Chronicles 15: 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
2_Chronicles 15: 11 And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
2_Chronicles 15: 12 And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
2_Chronicles 15: 13 and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
2_Chronicles 15: 14 And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.
2_Chronicles 15: 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found of them; and the LORD gave them rest round a  The Tanach |