| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The United States Bill of Rights: but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath
or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized.
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,
unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: design either to meet there some shocking irregularity, or some
disgusting disagreeableness. But how unluckily do I succeed in
my design. Every feature about her has a particular beauty, that
does not in the least yield to that of her eyes, which, by the
consent of all the world, are the finest in the universe. One
thing there is that entirely confounds me: her teeth, her lips,
her mouth, and all the graces that attend it, are lost amongst
the great variety of beauties in her face and what is but
indifferent in her, will not suffer us to consider what is most
remarkable in others. The malice of my curiosity does not stop
here. I proceed to spy out some defect in her shape; and I find
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: and searched through the kitchen,
peeping into cupboards and under the
wainscot, and into the tea-pot where
he had hidden that twist; but still he
found never a mouse!
The poor old tailor was very ill with
a fever, tossing and turning in his
four-post bed; and still in his dreams
he mumbled: "No more twist! no
more twist!"
What should become of the cherry-
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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 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: sounded again, with a new tranquil rhythm.
"It's late, it's late," she whispered with a smile. A long while
she lay, not moving, with open eyes, whose briliance she almost
fancied she could herself see in the darkness.
Chapter 10
From that time a new life began for Alexey Alexandrovitch and for
his wife. Nothing special happened. Anna went out into society,
as she had always done, was particularly often at Princess
Betsy's, and met Vronsky everywhere. Alexey Alexandrovitch saw
this, but could do nothing. All his efforts to draw her into
open discussion she confronted with a barrier which he could not
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