| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: had put her partner to the test. That acid test had washed away
the accumulated dross of years and revealed the precious metal
beneath. T. A. Buck had proved to be his father's son.
If Mrs. McChesney noticed that the head office had miraculously
moved across the hall, if her sharp ears marked that the many
feet that once had paused at her door now stopped at the door
opposite, if she realized that instead of, "I'd like your
opinion on this, Mrs. McChesney," she often heard the new,
"I'll ask Mr. Buck," she did not show it by word or sign.
The first of October found buyers still flocking into New York
from every State in the country. Shrewd men and women,
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: "H--e, he, r--o, ro, i--c--a--l, heroical," said Mrs. Leigh.
"But what does that mean?"
"Grand, good, and brave, like--"
Mrs. Leigh was about to have said the name of one who was lost to
her on earth. His fair angelic face hung opposite upon the wall.
She paused unable to pronounce his name; and lifted up her eyes,
and gazed on the portrait, and breathed a prayer between closed
lips, and drooped her head again.
Her pupil caught at the pause, and filled it up for herself--
"Like him?" and she turned her head quickly toward the window.
"Yes, like him, too," said Mrs. Leigh, with a half-smile at the
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