| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: course, Majesty, I would. I could not live out here. And that
brings me to my point. Admitting all the beauty and charm and
wholesomeness and good of this wonderful country, still it is no
place for you, Madeline Hammond. You have your position, your
wealth, your name, your family. You must marry. You must have
children. You must not give up all that for a quixotic life in a
wilderness."
"I am convinced, Edith, that I shall live here all the rest of my
life."
"Oh, Majesty! I hate to preach this way. But I promised your
mother I would talk to you. And the truth is I hate--I hate what
The Light of Western Stars |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Brother B. wrote to his lawyer to dispose of the business in the
way that seemed to him the most suitable, and remit the proceeds.
The day after the letter arrived in New Orleans, Susan and
Emmeline were attached, and sent to the depot to await a general
auction on the following morning; and as they glimmer faintly upon
us in the moonlight which steals through the grated window, we may
listen to their conversation. Both are weeping, but each quietly,
that the other may not hear.
"Mother, just lay your head on my lap, and see if you can't
sleep a little," says the girl, trying to appear calm.
"I haven't any heart to sleep, Em; I can't; it's the last
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: what he really meant by "making tracks." Fortunately, after a short,
killing climb, the return was all down-hill. One stride of Hiram's equalled
two of mine, and he made his faster, so that I had to trot now and then to
catch up. Very soon I was as hot as fire, and every step was an effort. But
I kept thinking of Dick, of my mustang and outfit, and I vowed I would
stick to Hiram Bent's trail till I dropped. For the matter of that I did
drop more than once before we reached the cabin.
A short rest while Hiram was packing a few things put me right again. I
strapped my rifle over my shoulder, and then went out to untie my bear cub.
It would have cost me a great deal to leave him behind. I knew I ought to,
still I could not bring myself to it. All my life I had wanted a bear cub.
The Young Forester |
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 The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: but having no trade-mark, we always ask who those parties are.
We do this because we humbly wish to learn."
He then enumerates the thousands and thousand of copies of these
several pictures which he has seen, and adds with accustomed
simplicity that he feels encouraged to believe that when he has seen
"Some More" of each, and had a larger experience, he will eventually
"begin to take an absorbing interest in them"--the vulgar boor.
That we have shown this to be a remarkable book, we think no one
will deny. That is a pernicious book to place in the hands of the
confiding and uniformed, we think we have also shown. That the book
is a deliberate and wicked creation of a diseased mind, is apparent
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