| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: difficulties of emigration, which bound them together in a common cause,
they will begin to relax in their duty and attachment to each other;
and this remissness will point out the necessity of establishing
some form of government to supply the defect of moral virtue.
Some convenient tree will afford them a State-House, under the branches
of which, the whole colony may assemble to deliberate on public matters.
It is more than probable that their first laws will have the title only
of REGULATIONS, and be enforced by no other penalty than public disesteem.
In this first parliament every man, by natural right, will have a seat.
But as the colony increases, the public concerns will increase
likewise, and the distance at which the members may be separated,
Common Sense |
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 Rescue by Joseph Conrad: before sunrise."
D'Alcacer moved nearer. "I know. You have decided to keep an
appointment on the sandbank. Your husband didn't utter twenty
words in all these hours but he managed to tell me that piece of
news."
"I shouldn't have thought," she murmured, vaguely.
"He wanted me to understand that it had no importance," stated
d'Alcacer in a very serious tone.
"Yes. He knows what he is talking about," said Mrs. Travers in
such a bitter tone as to disconcert d'Alcacer for a moment. "I
don't see a single soul about the decks," Mrs. Travers continued,
The Rescue |
