| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: however, to gain a mysterious refreshment from Orde's mere
proximity; so gradually he, with that streak of almost feminine
intuition which is the especial gift to lovers, came to the point of
sitting quite silent with her, clasping her hand out of sight of the
chance passer-by. When the time came to return, they arose and
walked back to Ninth Street, still in silence. At the door they
said good-bye. He kissed her quite soberly.
"I wish I could help, sweetheart," said he.
She shook her head at him.
"You do help," she replied.
>From Gerald at the club, Orde sought more intimate news of what was
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: and deaf on this side to be ignorant of European persuasion of
America's triviality. I would not like to be an American
travelling in Europe now, and those I meet here and there have
some of the air of men who at any moment may be dunned for a
debt. They explode without provocation into excuses and
expostulations.
And I will further confess that when Viscount Grey answered the
intimations of President Wilson and ex-President Taft of an
American initiative to found a World League for Peace, by asking
if America was prepared to back that idea with force, he spoke
the doubts of all thoughtful European men. No one but an
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