| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: gallop down the steep path which led from the Tower as soon as he
saw Ravenswood have his foot in the stirrup.
Caleb Balderstone looked anxiously after them, and shook his
thin grey locks: "And I trust they will come to no evil; but they
have reached the plain, and folk cannot say but that the horse
are hearty and in spirits."
Animated by the natural impetuosity and fire of his temper,
young Bucklaw rushed on with the careless speed of a whirlwind.
Ravenswood was scarce more moderate in his pace, for his was a
mind unwillingly roused from contemplative inactivity, but which,
when once put into motion, acquired a spirit of forcible and
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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 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: portion of that universal contempt which her rage for admiration
will excite. In this danger Kitty also is comprehended. She will
follow wherever Lydia leads. Vain, ignorant, idle, and
absolutely uncontrolled! Oh! my dear father, can you suppose it
possible that they will not be censured and despised wherever
they are known, and that their sisters will not be often involved
in the disgrace?"
Mr. Bennet saw that her whole heart was in the subject, and
affectionately taking her hand said in reply:
"Do not make yourself uneasy, my love. Wherever you and Jane
are known you must be respected and valued; and you will not
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