| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: nothing of himself. I cannot imagine what he sees in me to care
for, though he is evidently ensnared by my charms. I hope he
won't find out how silly I am. He called me his golden idol--"
Henrietta, with a scream of rage, tore the letter across, and
stamped upon it. When the paroxysm subsided she picked up the
pieces, held them together as accurately as her trembling hands
could, and read on.
"--but he is not all honey, and will say the most severe things
sometimes if he thinks he ought to. He has made me so ashamed of
my ignorance that I am resolved to stay here for another term at
least, and study as hard as I can. I have not begun yet, as it is
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Essays & Lectures by Oscar Wilde: young Republic.
It is true that our modern sense of the continuity of history has
shown us that neither in politics nor in nature are there
revolutions ever but evolutions only, and that the prelude to that
wild storm which swept over France in 1789 and made every king in
Europe tremble for his throne, was first sounded in literature
years before the Bastille fell and the Palace was taken. The way
for those red scenes by Seine and Loire was paved by that critical
spirit of Germany and England which accustomed men to bring all
things to the test of reason or utility or both, while the
discontent of the people in the streets of Paris was the echo that
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