| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: serious," continued the queen, "as to prevent a man of your
rank ---- "
"Your majesty seems to insist greatly on that point,"
interrupted the duke.
"Do you think so, my lord?"
"If you will forgive me for saying so, it is the second time
you have vaunted the attractions of England at the expense
of the delight which all experience who live in France."
Anne of Austria approached the young man, and placing her
beautiful hand upon his shoulder, which trembled at the
touch, said, "Believe me, monsieur, nothing can equal a
Ten Years Later |
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 War and the Future by H. G. Wells: /that are bound to come if there is no world pacification/,
are going to do.
What lies behind the Tank depends upon this fact; there is no
definable upward limit of mass. Upon that I would lay all the
stress possible, because everything turns upon that.
You cannot make a land ironclad so big and heavy but that you
cannot make a caterpillar track wide enough and strong enough to
carry it forward. Tanks are quite possible that will carry
twenty-inch or twenty-five inch guns, besides minor armament.
Such Tanks may be undesirable; the production may exceed the
industrial resources of any empire to produce; but there is no
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