The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: HERODE. Tout, fut-ce la moitie de mon royaume.
SALOME. Vous le jurez, tetrarque?
HERODE. Je le jure, Salome.
HERODIAS. Ma fille, ne dansez pas.
SALOME. Sur quoi jurez-vous, tetrarque?
HERODE. Sur ma vie, sur ma couronne, sur mes dieux. Tout ce que
vous voudrez je vous le donnerai, fut-ce la moitie de mon royaume,
si vous dansez pour moi. Oh! Salome, Salome, dansez pour moi.
SALOME. Vous avez jure, tetrarque.
HERODE. J'ai jure, Salome.
SALOME. Tout ce que je vous demanderai, fut-ce la moitie de votre
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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 Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: lent among children and slaves in the West at the
period of this story -- that is to say, thirty or
forty years ago.
Although my book is intended mainly for the en-
tertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be
shunned by men and women on that account, for
part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind
adults of what they once were themselves, and of
how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer
enterprises they sometimes engaged in.
THE AUTHOR.
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