| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: iles are supposed to awaken and the magazines that pay
on publication, I guess I'll always be broke."
"I'm sorry," said Tommy, sympathetically. "But I
can't help myself any more than you can. It's one of the
canons of household fiction that no burglar shall be suc-
cessful. The burglar must be foiled by a kid like me, or-
by a young lady heroine, or at the last moment by his old
pal, Red Mike, who recognizes the house as one in which
he used to be the coachman. You have got the worst
end of it in any kind of a story."
"Well, I suppose I must be clearing out now," said
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: other inhabitant of Oz, I am not as powerful as Glinda
the Sorceress, who has studied many arts of magic that
I know nothing of. Even the little Wizard of Oz can do
some things I am unable to accomplish, while I can
accomplish things unknown to the Wizard. This is to
explain that I'm not all-powerful, by any means. My
magic is simply fairy magic, and not sorcery or
wizardry."
"All the same," said Dorothy, "I'm mighty glad you
could make this tent appear, with our dinners and beds
all ready for us."
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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 James Bible: skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he
shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
LEV 13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he
hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the
priest again.
LEV 13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the
skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
LEV 13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be
brought unto the priest;
LEV 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be
white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick
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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 The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: politics--many swords were drawn--it is impossible to say who
struck the blow."
"At ony rate, auld Ellieslaw was aiding and abetting; and I am
sure if ye were sae disposed as to take amends on him, naebody
could say it was wrang, for your father's blood is beneath his
nails--and besides there's naebody else left that was concerned
to take amends upon, and he's a prelatist and a jacobite into the
bargain--I can tell ye the country folk look for something atween
ye."
"O for shame, Hobbie!" replied the young Laird; "you, that
profess religion, to stir your friend up to break the law, and
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