| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: Galton, in spite of the immense value of this approach and his great
stimulation to criticism, was completely unable to formulate a
definite and practical working program. He hoped at length to
introduce Eugenics ``into the national conscience like a new
religion....I see no impossibility in Eugenics becoming a religious
dogma among mankind, but its details must first be worked out
sedulously in the study. Over-zeal leading to hasty action, would do
harm by holding out expectations of a new golden age, which will
certainly be falsified and cause the science to be discredited. The
first and main point is to secure the general intellectual acceptance
of Eugenics as a hopeful and most important study. Then, let its
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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 The Koran: him, save a party of the believers.
Yet had he no authority over them, save that we might know who it
was that believed in the hereafter from him who amongst them was in
doubt; for thy Lord guards everything.
Say, 'Call on those whom ye pretend beside God;' they cannot control
the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth; nor have they
any partnership in either; nor has He amongst them any supporter;
nor is intercession of any avail with Him, except for him whom He
permits; so that when fright is removed from their hearts they say,
'What is it that your Lord says? they say, 'The truth; for He is the
high, the great.'
The Koran |
