| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso: His nimble steed obeyed his ready hand,
And where he stept no print left in the sand.
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As when a captain doth besiege some hold,
Set in a marsh or high up on a hill,
And trieth ways and wiles a thousandfold,
To bring the piece subjected to his will;
So fared the County with the Pagan bold;
And when he did his head and breast none ill,
His weaker parts he wisely gan assail,
And entrance searched oft 'twixt mail and mail.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: in me."
"Nor of the Abbe d'Herblay even?"
"No, not even of him. You see a man whom Providence has
taken by the hand, whom he has conducted to a position that
he could never have dared even to hope for."
"Providence?" asked D'Artagnan.
"Yes."
"Well, that is strange! I was told it was M. Fouquet."
"Who told you that?" cried Aramis, without being able, with
all the power of his will, to prevent the color rising to
his cheeks.
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