| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: it!"
One of his characteristic phrases was begotten in him.
"Four-square to the winds of heaven, George!" he said. "Eh?
Four-square to the winds of heaven!"
"You'll get the winds up here," I said.
"A mammoth house it ought to be, George--to suit these hills."
"Quite," I said.
"Great galleries and things--running out there and there--See? I
been thinking of it, George! Looking out all this way--across
the
Weald. With its back to Lady Grove."
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Parmenides by Plato: Yes.
Thus, then, as appears, the one will be other than itself?
True.
Well, then, if anything be other than anything, will it not be other than
that which is other?
Certainly.
And will not all things that are not one, be other than the one, and the
one other than the not-one?
Of course.
Then the one will be other than the others?
True.
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