| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: hath more rest than the other.
ECC 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he
seen no good: do not all go to one place?
ECC 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is
not filled.
ECC 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,
that knoweth to walk before the living?
ECC 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the
desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECC 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it
is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam
sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam
with the young:
DEU 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young
to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy
days.
DEU 22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a
battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if
any man fall from thence.
DEU 22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the
fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard,
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