| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: My Loue as deepe, the more I giue to thee
The more I haue, for both are Infinite:
I heare some noyse within deare Loue adue:
Cals within.
Anon good Nurse, sweet Mountague be true:
Stay but a little, I will come againe
Rom. O blessed blessed night, I am afear'd
Being in night, all this is but a dreame,
Too flattering sweet to be substantiall
Iul. Three words deare Romeo,
And goodnight indeed,
Romeo and Juliet |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: been used only upon a restricted scale. This missile is charged
with a certain quantity of explosive to burst the shell, and a
substance which, when ignited, emits copious clouds of dense
smoke. The scope of such a shell is somewhat restricted, it is
used only for the purpose of obstructing hostile artillery fire.
The shells are dropped in front of the artillery position and the
clouds of smoke which are emitted naturally inter fere with the
operations of the gunners. These bombs have also been used with
advantage to denote the position of concealed hostile artillery,
although their utility in this connection is somewhat uncertain,
owing to the difficulty of dropping the bomb so accurately as to
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