| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: of forty thousand men. All that's needed is the gold-strike."
He meditated for a space. "Ten dollars to the pan'll do it, and
it'd be the all-firedest stampede Alaska ever seen. And if it
don't come here, it'll come somewhere hereabouts. It's a sure
good idea to keep an eye out for town sites all the way up."
He stood a while longer, gazing out over the lonely flat and
visioning with constructive imagination the scene if the stampede
did come. In fancy, he placed the sawmills, the big trading
stores, the saloons, and dance-halls, and the long streets of
miners' cabins. And along those streets he saw thousands of men
passing up and down, while before the stores were the heavy
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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 Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: in surprises; nor had he long been seated at the easel ere
the first of these occurred. A cab laden with baggage drew
up before the door; and Mrs. Luxmore in person rapidly
mounted the steps and began to pound upon the knocker.
Somerset hastened to attend the summons.
'My dear fellow,' she said, with the utmost gaiety, 'here I
come dropping from the moon. I am delighted to find you
faithful; and I have no doubt you will be equally pleased to
be restored to liberty.'
Somerset could find no words, whether of protest or welcome;
and the spirited old lady pushed briskly by him and paused on
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