| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: And, in honor of his service,
Stained with blood the tuft of feathers
On the little head of Mama;
Even to this day he wears it,
Wears the tuft of crimson feathers,
As a symbol of his service.
Then he stripped the shirt of wampum
From the back of Megissogwon,
As a trophy of the battle,
As a signal of his conquest.
On the shore he left the body,
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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 Kenilworth by Walter Scott: that would walk to court in a nobleman's train."
"Oh, content you, sir," replied Foster, "there is a change since
you knew the English world; and there are those who can hold
their way through the boldest courses, and the most secret, and
yet never a swaggering word, or an oath, or a profane word in
their conversation."
"That is to say," replied Lambourne, "they are in a trading
copartnery, to do the devil's business without mentioning his
name in the firm? Well, I will do my best to counterfeit, rather
than lose ground in this new world, since thou sayest it is grown
so precise. But, Anthony, what is the name of this nobleman, in
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