| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: direction, passed them at the gallop; but they had met several such
since leaving Ilminster, for indeed the news was spreading fast, and
the whole countryside was alive with messengers, some on foot and some
on horseback, but all hurrying as if their lives depended on their
haste.
They made their way to the Market-Place where Monmouth's declaration -
that remarkable manifesto from the pen of Ferguson - had been read
some hours before. Thence, having ascertained where His Grace was
lodged, they made their way to the George Inn.
In Coombe Street they found the crowd so dense that they could but with
difficulty open out a way for their horses through the human press. Not
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: you use? Tell me all about everything. You're the first real live
socialist I ever caught, and I mean to make the most of you."
"But I'm unfortunately not exactly a socialist."
"An anarchist will do just as well."
"Nor an anarchist. Sorry."
"Oh, well, you're something that's dreadful. You haven't the
proper bump of respect for father and for Uncle Joe. Now why
haven't you?"
And before he knew it this young woman had drawn from him glimpses
of what life meant to him. He talked to her of the pressure of the
struggle for existence, of the poverty that lies like a blight
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