The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin: for the grief of a friend, tears often come into our own eyes.
The feeling of sympathy is commonly explained by assuming that,
when we see or hear of suffering in another, the idea of suffering
is called up so vividly in our own minds that we ourselves suffer.
But this explanation is hardly sufficient, for it does not account
for the intimate alliance between sympathy and affection.
We undoubtedly sympathize far more deeply with a beloved than
with an indifferent person; and the sympathy of the one gives us
far more relief than that of the other. Yet assuredly we can
sympathize with those for whom we feel no affection.
Why suffering, when actually experienced by ourselves,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: intention to stay by the procession.
"You can't make those sharps disgorge," counselled Newmark. "At the
first look of trouble they will light out. They have it all fixed.
Force won't do you much good--and may get some of you shot."
"I'm not going to use force," denied Orde. "I'm just going to play
their game. But I bet I can make it go. Only I sort of want the
moral support of the boys."
"I tell you, you CAN'T win!" cried Newmark disgustedly. "It's a
brace game pure and simple."
"I don't know about it's being pure," replied Orde drolly, "but it's
simple enough, if you know how to make the wheels go 'round. How is
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