| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: haec geruntur, nostris omnibus occupatis qui erant in agris reliqui
discesserunt. Secutae sunt continuos complures dies tempeststes, quae et
nostros in castris continerent et hostem a pugna prohiberent. Interim
barbari nuntios in omnes partes dimiserunt paucitatemque nostrorum militum
suis praedicaverunt et quanta praedae faciendae atque in perpetuum sui
liberandi facultas daretur, si Romanos castris expulissent, demonstra;
verunt. His rebus celeriter magna multitudine peditatus equitatusque
coacta ad castra venerunt.
Caesar, etsi idem quod superioribus diebus acciderat fore videbat, ut,
si essent hostes pulsi, celeritate periculum effugerent, tamen nactus
equites circiter XXX, quos Commius Atrebas, de quo ante dictum est, secum
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: rather than come down in price. He had the
reputation of being fond of roaming on the far
side of the Kuban with the Abreks; and, to tell
the truth, he had a regular thief's visage. A
little, wizened, broad-shouldered fellow he was --
but smart, I can tell you, smart as the very
devil! His tunic was always worn out and
patched, but his weapons were mounted in silver.
His horse was renowned throughout Kabardia --
and, indeed, a better one it would be impossible
to imagine! Not without good reason did all
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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 Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: with me."
"Well, ye beat me, whatever!" he would conclude.
I showed him the letter with Catriona's postscript. "And here again!"
he cried. "Impossible to deny a kind of decency to this Catriona, and
sense forby! As for James More, the man's as boss as a drum; he's just
a wame and a wheen words; though I'll can never deny that he fought
reasonably well at Gladsmuir, and it's true what he says here about the
five wounds. But the loss of him is that the man's boss."
"Ye see, Alan," said I, "it goes against the grain with me to leave the
maid in such poor hands."
"Ye couldnae weel find poorer," he admitted. "But what are ye to do
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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 The United States Bill of Rights: These original Project Gutenberg Etexts will be compiled into a file
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The United States Bill of Rights.
The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Passed by Congress September 25, 1789
Ratified December 15, 1791
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
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