| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: and a young man, and a handsome man; aye, and an honest man too."
"How can he be an honest man," said the baron, "when he has neither
house nor land, which are the better part of a man?"
"They are but the husk of a man," said Matilda, "the worthless coat
of the chesnut: the man himself is the kernel."
"The man is the grape stone," said the baron, "and the pulp of the melon.
The house and land are the true substantial fruit, and all that give him
savour and value."
"He will never want house or land," said Matilda, "while the meeting
boughs weave a green roof in the wood, and the free range of the hart
marks out the bounds of the forest."
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: glass they view the acts of their opponents with ME!"
As these patient drudges were mingling their tears, they were
notified that they must go on duty again, for one of the political
parties had nominated a thief and was about to hold a gratification
meeting.
A Causeway
A RICH Woman having returned from abroad disembarked at the foot of
Knee-deep Street, and was about to walk to her hotel through the
mud.
"Madam," said a Policeman, "I cannot permit you to do that; you
would soil your shoes and stockings."
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