| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: had been shrouded almost continually since entering
the Land of Awful Shadow. There is nothing more dis-
piriting to me than absence of sunshine.
I had paddled to the southwestern point, which
Goork said he believed to be the least frequented por-
tion of the island, as he had never seen boats put off
from there. I found a shallow reef running far out into
the sea and rather precipitous cliffs running almost to
the surf. It was a nasty place to land, and I realized now
why it was not used by the natives; but at last I man-
aged, after a good wetting, to beach my canoe and
Pellucidar |
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 King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: A braver soldier never couched lance,
A gentler heart did never sway in court;
But kings and mightiest potentates must die,
For that's the end of human misery.
[Exeunt.]
SCENE III. The plains near Rouen.
[Enter Charles, the Bastard of Orleans, Alencon, La Pucelle,
and forces.]
PUCELLE.
Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
Nor grieve that Rouen is so recovered:
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