| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: chattering about them. Innumerable monkeys scolded and
screamed in the branches overhead, while harsh-voiced birds
of brilliant plumage darted hither and thither. She noticed
presently that their captors often cast apprehensive glances
in the direction of the birds and on numerous occasions
seemed to be addressing the winged denizens of the forest.
One incident made a marked impression on her. The man
who immediately preceded her was a fellow of powerful
build, yet, when a brilliantly colored parrot swooped down-
ward toward him, he dropped upon his knees and covering
his face with his arms bent forward until his head touched
Tarzan the Untamed |
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 What is Man? by Mark Twain: wanted to see the terrible secret society provoked into the
commission of further outrages. Everybody wanted the tragedy
hushed up, ignored, forgotten, if possible.
And so there was a bitter surprise and an unwelcome one when
Will Joyce, the blacksmith's journeyman, came out and proclaimed
himself the assassin! Plainly he was not minded to be robbed of
his glory. He made his proclamation, and stuck to it. Stuck to
it, and insisted upon a trial. Here was an ominous thing; here
was a new and peculiarly formidable terror, for a motive was
revealed here which society could not hope to deal with
successfully--VANITY, thirst for notoriety. If men were going to
What is Man? |
