| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: at Hamilcar's feet, placed in his hands a wooden frame furnished on
the inside with three threads on which balls of gold, silver, and horn
were strung, and began:
"One hundred and ninety-two houses in the Mappalian district let to
the New Carthaginians at the rate of one bekah a moon."
"No! it is too much! be lenient towards the poor people! and you will
try to learn whether they are attached to the Republic, and write down
the names of those who appear to you to be the most daring! What
next?"
Abdalonim hesitated in surprise at such generosity.
Hamilcar snatched the strips of linen from his hands.
Salammbo |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey: head.
"It didn't look like gratitude to me," returned Morrison.
"Well, it was gratitude," declared Carley, ringingly. "If women of America
did throw themselves at soldiers it was not owing to the moral lapse of the
day. It was woman's instinct to save the race! Always, in every war, women
have sacrificed themselves to the future. Not vile, but noble! . . . You
insult both soldiers and women, Mr. Morrison. I wonder--did any American
girls throw themselves at you?"
Morrison turned a dead white, and his mouth twisted to a distorted checking
of speech, disagreeable to see.
"No, you were a slacker," went on Carley, with scathing scorn. "You let the
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