| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Euthydemus by Plato: He is quite accustomed to do so, I replied; for his friends often come and
ask him questions and argue with him; and therefore he is quite at home in
answering.
What followed, Crito, how can I rightly narrate? For not slight is the
task of rehearsing infinite wisdom, and therefore, like the poets, I ought
to commence my relation with an invocation to Memory and the Muses. Now
Euthydemus, if I remember rightly, began nearly as follows: O Cleinias,
are those who learn the wise or the ignorant?
The youth, overpowered by the question blushed, and in his perplexity
looked at me for help; and I, knowing that he was disconcerted, said: Take
courage, Cleinias, and answer like a man whichever you think; for my belief
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: one," said the bailiff.
"Do you refuse?" said Corentin, in a significant tone.
"I'd rather have my head cut off a thousand times, if that could be
done, than come to an agreement with such a villain as you."
Corentin got into his vehicle hastily, after one more comprehensive
look at Michu, the lodge, and Couraut, who barked at him. He gave
certain orders in passing through Troyes, and then returned to Paris.
All the brigades of gendarmerie in the neighborhood received secret
instructions and special orders.
During the months of December, January, and February the search was
active and incessant, even in remote villages. Spies were in all the
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: KING EDWARD.
Sail how thou canst, have wind and tide thy friend,
This hand, fast wound about thy coal-black hair,
Shall, whiles thy head is warm and new cut off,
Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood,
'Wind-changing Warwick now can change no more.'
[Enter OXFORD, with Forces.]
WARWICK.
O cheerful colours! see where Oxford comes.
OXFORD.
Oxford, Oxford, for Lancaster!
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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 Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: worth--"
"Knowing by heart!" he broke in with new merriment.
I kept on. "Why not? They tell those things everywhere--where they're so
lucky as to possess them! It's a flawless specimen."
"Of 1840 repartee?" He spoke with increasing pauses. "Yes. We do at least
possess that. And some wine of about the same date--and even considerably
older."
"All the better for age," I exclaimed.
But the blue eyes of Mayrant were far away and full of shadow. "Poor
Kings Port," he said very slowly and quietly. Then he looked at me with
the steady look and the smile that one sometimes has when giving voice to
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