The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: te tois 'Enosikhthon}; "Il." xiii. 493, {ganutai d' ara te phrena
poimen}.
And again, in another passage he says:
Knowing deep devices ({medea}) in his mind,[59]
which is as much as to say, "knowing wise counsels in his mind."
Ganymede, therefore, bears a name compounded of the two words, "joy"
and "counsel," and is honoured among the gods, not as one "whose
body," but "whose mind" "gives pleasure."
[59] Partly "Il." xxiv. 674, {pukina phresi mede' ekhontes}; and "Il."
xxiv. 424, {phila phresi medea eidos}. Cf. "Od." vi. 192; xviii.
67, 87; xxii. 476.
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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 The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: else. It required much care. When combed out it reached fully to his knees.
Joe had seen him, after he returned from a long hunt, work patiently for an
hour with his wooden comb, and not stop until every little burr was gone, or
tangle smoothed out. Then he would comb it again in the morning--this, of
course, when time permitted--and twist and tie it up so as to offer small
resistance to his slipping through the underbush. Joe knew the hunter's
simplicity was such, that if he cut off his hair it would seem he feared the
Indians--for that streaming black hair the Indians had long coveted and sworn
to take. It would make any brave a famous chief, and was the theme of many a
savage war tale.
After breakfast Wetzel said to Joe:
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