| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: bring you a message, Montezuma, my brother.'
'What message do you bring me?' he asked hoarsely.
'I bring you a message of doom, my brother. Your empire shall fall
and soon you shall be accompanied to death by tens of thousands of
your people. For four days I have lived among the dead, and there
I have seen your false gods which are devils. There also I have
seen the priests that served them, and many of those who worshipped
them plunged into torment unutterable. Because of the worship of
these demon gods the people of Anahuac is destined to destruction.'
'Have you no word of comfort for me, Papantzin, my sister?' he
asked.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: ride--Sir John Dale, a dear friend of the blind Lord.
Even though so young, Myles knew that something very serious had
happened to make Sir John so pale and haggard, and he dimly
remembered leaning against the knight's iron-covered knees,
looking up into his gloomy face, and asking him if he was sick to
look so strange. Thereupon those who had been too troubled before
to notice him, bethought themselves of him, and sent him to bed,
rebellious at having to go so early.
He remembered how the next morning, looking out of a window high
up under the eaves, he saw a great troop of horsemen come riding
into the courtyard beneath, where a powdering of snow had
Men of Iron |
