| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: "Well - they're not your parents."
"They love you better than anything in the world - never forget
that," said Pemberton.
"Is that why you like them so much?"
"They're very kind to me," Pemberton replied evasively.
"You ARE a humbug!" laughed Morgan, passing an arm into his
tutor's. He leaned against him looking oft at the sea again and
swinging his long thin legs.
"Don't kick my shins," said Pemberton while he reflected "Hang it,
I can't complain of them to the child!"
"There's another reason, too," Morgan went on, keeping his legs
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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 Memorabilia by Xenophon: He answered: Yes, many things.
Aristip. Are they all like each other?
Soc. On the contrary, they are often as unlike as possible.
How then (he asked) can that be beautiful which is unlike the
beautiful?
Soc. Bless me! for the simple reason that it is possible for a man who
is a beautiful runner to be quite unlike another man who is a
beautiful boxer,[6] or for a shield, which is a beautiful weapon for
the purpose of defence, to be absolutely unlike a javelin, which is a
beautiful weapon of swift and sure discharge.
[6] See Grote, "H. G." x. 164, in reference to Epaminondas and his
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