| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: initiative, for a life unhampered by others. At any cost! Her
brothers had it practically--at least they had it far more than
it seemed likely she would unless she exerted herself with quite
exceptional vigor. Between her and the fair, far prospect of
freedom and self-development manoeuvred Mr. Manning, her aunt and
father, neighbors, customs, traditions, forces. They seemed to
her that morning to be all armed with nets and prepared to throw
them over her directly her movements became in any manner truly
free.
She had a feeling as though something had dropped from her eyes,
as though she had just discovered herself for the first
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: It was natural. Consul and colony had passed through an hour of
serious peril, and the consul had set the example of undaunted
courage. He was entertained at dinner. Fritze, who was known to
have secretly opposed him, was scorned and avoided. But the clerks
of the German firm were one thing, Prince Bismarck was another; and
on a cold review of these events, it is not improbable that Knappe
may have envied the position of his naval colleague. It is
certain, at least, that he set himself to shuffle and capitulate;
and when the blow fell, he was able to reply that the martial law
business had in the meanwhile come right; that the English and
American consular courts stood open for ordinary cases and that in
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