| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: by twistings and turnings of the body, flinging themselves backwards,
forwards, and sideways, and lastly, by the genuine exaltation of
spirits, visible enough now, and the ecstasy of their pleasure, that
they are close upon the quarry.
[13] Lit. "Let them follow up the trail."
[14] Lit. "fawning and wagging their tails."
[15] Lit. "bed" or "lair."
[16] Or, "by rapid shiftings of attitude, by looks now thrown backward
and now forwards to the . . ." Reading {kai apo ton anablemmaton
kai emblemmaton ton epi tas kathedras tou l.}, or if with L. D.,
{kai apo ton a. kai emblemmaton eis ton ulen kai anastremmaton ton
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: come back to us."
The father laughed, but his eyes were frowning a little as if
he suspected something irreverent under the respectful reply.
"You put it humorously, but there's sense in what you say. Why
not?
God rules the sea; but He expects us to follow the laws of
navigation and commerce. Why not take good care of your bread,
even when you give it away?"
"It's not for me to say why not--and yet I can think of cases--"
The young man hesitated for a moment. His half-finished cigar
had
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