| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: made his part easy so far. He believed he could carry the whole
scheme through without involving himself any deeper.
He was playing at a game of love--playing with life and deaths
Sometimes he trembled, not that he feared Bland or Alloway or
any other man, but at the deeps of life he had come to see
into. He was carried out of his old mood. Not once since this
daring motive had stirred him had he been haunted by the
phantom of Bain beside his bed. Rather had he been haunted by
Jennie's sad face, her wistful smile, her eyes. He never was
able to speak a word to her. What little communication he had
with her was through Euchre, who carried short messages. But he
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Disputation of the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther: 94. Christians are to be exhorted that they be diligent in
following Christ, their Head, through penalties, deaths, and
hell;
95. And thus be confident of entering into heaven rather
through many tribulations, than through the assurance of
peace.
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