| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: "The Juno--Sitka--Russian."
The Spanish officer made a peremptory gesture
that the ship come to anchor in the shelter given by
an immense angle of the mainland, of which the
fort's point was the western extreme. The Rus-
sians, as befitted the peaceful nature of their mis-
sion, obeyed without delay. Before their resting
place, and among the sand hills a mile from the
beach, was a quadrangle of buildings some two hun-
dred feet square and surrounded by a wall about
fourteen feet high and seven feet thick. This they
 Rezanov |
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 Hellenica by Xenophon: gladly gave the assistance demanded. Euphron straightway, in the
market-place, in the presence of the two powers concerned,[47]
proceeded to convene the Demos, as if there were to be a new
constitution, based on the principle of equality.[48] When the
convention met, he bade them appoint generals: they might choose whom
they liked. Whereupon they elected Euphron himself, Hippodamus,
Cleander, Acrisius, and Lysander. When these matters were arranged he
appointed Adeas, his own son, over the foreign brigade, in place of
the former commander, Lysimenes, whom he removed. His next step was
promptly to secure the fidelity of the foreign mercenaries by various
acts of kindness, and to attach others; and he spared neither the
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