| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: What beautiful green fields; and such huge elm trees; and
orchards; and flowers in the cottage gardens!
Ay, and what crops, too: what wheat and beans, turnips and
mangold. All this land is very rich and easily worked; and
hereabouts is some of the best farming in England. The
Agricultural College at Cirencester, of which you have so often
heard, lies thereaway, a few miles to our left; and there lads go
to learn to farm as no men in the world, save English and Scotch,
know how to farm.
But what rock are we on now?
On rock that is much softer than that on the other side of the
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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 First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: the excess of sunlight, and was allowed to approach within a few feet of
the Presence in order that this structure might be seen. This led to a
comparison of the lunar and terrestrial eyes. The former is not only
excessively sensitive to such light as men can see, but it can also see
heat, and every difference in temperature within the moon renders objects
visible to it.
"The iris was quite a new organ to the Grand Lunar. For a time he amused
himself by flashing his rays into my face and watching my pupils contract.
As a consequence, I was dazzled and blinded for some little time. ...
"But in spite of that discomfort I found something reassuring by
insensible degrees in the rationality of this business of question and
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