| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard: me to write to her lawyer in New York. Something had turned up, he
had written her; the Uxbridges believed that they had ferreted out
what would go against her. I told her that I had met the Uxbridge
carriage.
"One of them is in New York; how else could they be giving me
trouble just now?"
"There was a gentleman on horseback beside the carriage."
"Did he look mean and cunning?"
"He did not wear his legal beaver up, I think; but he rode a fine
horse and sat it well."
"A lawyer on horseback should, like the beggar of the adage, ride
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: by his barometer or other recording instrument, and by means of a
table at his command ascertains in a moment the time which will
elapse before the bomb strikes the ground. The automatic
detonator is set in motion and the bomb released to explode
approximately at the height to which it is set. When it bursts
the full force of the explosion is distributed downwards and
laterally. Owing to the difficulty of ensuring the explosion of
the bomb at the exact height desired, it is also made to explode
upon impact so as to make doubly sure of its efficacy.
Firing timed bombs from aloft, however, is not free from
excitement and danger, as the experience of a French airman
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