| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Koran: reckoning; and we have detailed everything in detail.
And every man's augury have we fastened on his neck; and we will
bring forth for him on the resurrection day a book offered to him wide
open. 'Read thy book, thou art accountant enough against thyself
to-day!'
He who accepts guidance, accepts it only for his own soul: and he
who errs, errs only against it; nor shall one burdened soul bear the
burden of another.
Nor would we punish until we had sent an apostle. And when we
desired to destroy a city we bade the opulent ones thereof; and they
wrought abomination therein; and its due sentence was pronounced;
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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 Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: sadness of our house that we have no child. But it was not Mees
Meelair who said that--no, she would not understand that thought."
Patrick paused for a moment, and rubbed his chin reflectively. Then
he continued:
"And perhaps it seems strange to you also, m'sieu', that a poor man
should be so hungry for children. It is not so everywhere: not in
America, I hear. But it is so with us in Canada. I know not a man
so poor that he would not feel richer for a child. I know not a man
so happy that he would not feel happier with a child in the house.
It is the best thing that the good God gives to us; something to
work for; something to play with. It makes a man more gentle and
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