| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: seem sometimes to forget for a time, while his justice
reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers
-- and behold -- a proof!" As he spoke, the abbe took the
diamond from his pocket, and giving it to Caderousse, said,
-- "Here, my friend, take this diamond, it is yours."
"What, for me only?" cried Caderousse, "ah, sir, do not jest
with me!"
"This diamond was to have been shared among his friends.
Edmond had one friend only, and thus it cannot be divided.
Take the diamond, then, and sell it; it is worth fifty
thousand francs, and I repeat my wish that this sum may
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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 Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: would escape death by forward projection in time; but such cases
were not numerous. When one did occur, the exiled mind from the
future was treated with the utmost kindness till the dissolution
of its unfamiliar tenement.
The Great Race seemed to form a
single, loosely knit nation or league, with major institutions
in common, though there were four definite divisions. The political
and economic system of each unit was a sort of fascistic socialism,
with major resources rationally distributed, and power delegated
to a small governing board elected by the votes of all able to
pass certain educational and psychological tests. Family organisation
Shadow out of Time |
