| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: strode into the batter's place, and he, too, was not
at the moment making any funny remarks. The
Rube delivered a ball that all but hit Callopy fair
on the head. It was the second narrow escape
for him, and the roar he let out showed how he
resented being threatened with a little of his own
medicine. As might have been expected, and
very likely as the Rube intended, Callopy hit the
next ball, a sweeping curve, up over the infield.
I was trying to see all the intricate details of
the motive and action on the field, and it was not
 The Redheaded Outfield |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
CH1 5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his
son,
CH1 5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
CH1 5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
CH1 5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
CH1 5:8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
CH1 5:9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the
 King James Bible |