| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: it."
The animal gingerly launched himself on the treacherous footing, irregularly
losing and gaining his hind feet, keeping his fore legs stiff, and steadily
and calmly, without panic or nervousness, extricating the fore feet as fast as
they sank too deep into the sliding earth that surged along in a wave before
him. When the firm footing at the bottom was reached, he strode out on the
little terrace with a quickness and springiness of gait and with glintings of
muscular fires that gave the lie to the calm deliberation of his movements on
the slide
"Bravo!" Chris shouted across the canyon, clapping his hands.
"The wisest-footed, clearest-headed horse I ever saw," Lute called back, as
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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 Pupil by Henry James: couldn't do enough to be nice to him, to show him they had him on
their mind and make up for his loss. That was just what made the
whole thing so sad and caused him to rejoice after all in
Pemberton's return - he had to keep thinking of their affection
less, had less sense of obligation. Pemberton laughed out at this
last reason, and Morgan blushed and said: "Well, dash it, you know
what I mean." Pemberton knew perfectly what he meant; but there
were a good many things that - dash it too! - it didn't make any
clearer. This episode of his second sojourn in Paris stretched
itself out wearily, with their resumed readings and wanderings and
maunderings, their potterings on the quays, their hauntings of the
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