| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: bait which the wretched idiot who swallows, will soon find covers
a hook with barbs ten times sharper than those you lay for the
animals which you murder for your luxury!"
"I tell you, my friend," again replied Earnscliff, "you are
incapable of judging of your own situation--you will perish in
this wilderness, and we must, in compassion, force you along with
us."
"I'll hae neither hand nor foot in't," said Hobbie; "let the
ghaist take his ain way, for God's sake!"
"My blood be on my own head, if I perish here," said the figure;
and, observing Earnscliff meditating to lay hold on him, 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 Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: wrapped closely round him, notwithstanding the heat. It
would have been difficult, in this miserable dress, to judge
of either his size or face. Near him was the Tsigane, San-
garre, a woman about thirty years old. She was tall and
well made, with olive complexion, magnificent eyes, and
golden hair.
Many of the young dancers were remarkably pretty, all
possessing the clear-cut features of their race. These
Tsiganes are generally very attractive, and more than one
of the great Russian nobles, who try to vie with the English
in eccentricity, has not hesitated to choose his wife from
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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 Anthem by Ayn Rand: brothers around us, but only their shapes
in the beds and their snores, we closed our
eyes, and we held our lips shut, and we
stopped our breath, that no shudder might
let our brothers see or hear or guess,
and we thought that we wished to be sent
to the Home of the Scholars when our time
would come.
All the great modern inventions come
from the Home of the Scholars, such as
the newest one, which was found only a
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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 Burning Daylight by Jack London: me alone and never mention marriage again."
A fire of mingled love and the passion of gambling came into
Daylight's eyes. Involuntarily his hand started for his pocket
for the coin. Then it stopped, and the light in his eyes was
troubled.
"Go on," she ordered sharply. "Don't delay, or I may change my
mind, and you will lose the chance."
"Little woman." His similes were humorous, but there was no
humor in their meaning. His thought was as solemn as his voice.
"Little woman, I'd gamble all the way from Creation to the Day of
Judgment; I'd gamble a golden harp against another man's halo;
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