| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The United States Bill of Rights: the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house,
without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war,
but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: sore hands, hat off to my Lord Redface; kicks and ha'pence;
and now, here, at the hind end, when I'm worn to my poor
bones, a kick and done with it.' He walked a little while in
silence, and then, extending his hand, 'Now you, Nance
Holdaway,' says he, 'you come of my blood, and you're a good
girl. When that man was a boy, I used to carry his gun for
him. I carried the gun all day on my two feet, and many a
stitch I had, and chewed a bullet for. He rode upon a horse,
with feathers in his hat; but it was him that had the shots
and took the game home. Did I complain? Not I. I knew my
station. What did I ask, but just the chance to live and die
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The War in the Air by H. G. Wells: "Gaw!" he said at the memory; "it might 'ave been me and Grubb!
... I suppose you kick about and get the water in your mouf. I
don't suppose it lasts long."
He became anxious to see how Kurt was affected by these things.
Also he perceived he was hungry. He hesitated towards the door
of the cabin and peeped out into the passage. Down forward, near
the gangway to the men's mess, stood a little group of air
sailors looking at something that was hidden from him in a
recess. One of them was in the light diver's costume Bert had
already seen in the gas chamber turret, and he was moved to walk
along and look at this person more closely and examine the helmet
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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 Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson: Two or three equipages beside his own were in waiting at the
gate, and gay voices resounded from the house. A servant
received him at the door, and taking him for a tardy guest,
ushered him at once into the dining-room. He was indifferent to
this, for he had been too often sought as a guest by Mrs.
Ingleside to stand on any ceremony beneath her roof.
That fair hostess, in all the beauty of her shoulders, rose to
greet him, from a table where six or eight guests yet lingered
over flowers and wine. The gentlemen were smoking, and some of
the ladies were trying to look at ease with cigarettes.
Malbone knew the whole company, and greeted them with his
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