| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Apology by Plato: youth; and who does not believe in the gods of the state, but has other new
divinities of his own. Such is the charge; and now let us examine the
particular counts. He says that I am a doer of evil, and corrupt the
youth; but I say, O men of Athens, that Meletus is a doer of evil, in that
he pretends to be in earnest when he is only in jest, and is so eager to
bring men to trial from a pretended zeal and interest about matters in
which he really never had the smallest interest. And the truth of this I
will endeavour to prove to you.
Come hither, Meletus, and let me ask a question of you. You think a great
deal about the improvement of youth?
Yes, I do.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: were richly sunburned from exposure to the blazing waters of Cuba and the
tropics. Kitty deemed it suitable to extol Kings Port to John. "Quaint"
was the word that did most of this work for her; she found everything
that, even the negroes; and when she had come to the end of it, she
supposed the inside must be just as "quaint" as the outside.
"It is," said John Mayrant. He was enjoying Kitty. Then he became
impertinent. "You ought to see it."
"Do you stay inside much?" said Kitty.
"We all do," said John. "Some of us never come out."
"But you came out?" Kitty suggested.
"Oh, I've been out," John returned. He was getting older. I doubt if the
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