| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells: then as frankly dropped it....
His soul would not be more naked at the resurrection. The
little boy had stared, realized the state of affairs slowly but
surely, pointed his finger....
Never had two human beings understood each other more
completely.
A dirty little boy! Capable no doubt of a thousand kindred
scoundrelisms.
It seemed ages before the conscience-stricken bishop could tear
himself from the spot and walk back, with such a pretence of
dignity as he could muster, to the house.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson: trooped at length one after another up the flying bridge of
plank, and lay down to sleep in our shattered, moon-pierced
barrack, we were among the happiest sovereigns in the world,
and certainly ruled over the most contented people. Yet, in
our absence, the palace had been sacked. Wild cats, so the
Hansons said, had broken in and carried off a side of bacon,
a hatchet, and two knives.
EPISODES IN THE STORY OF A MINE
NO one could live at Silverado and not be curious about the
story of the mine. We were surrounded by so many evidences
of expense and toil, we lived so entirely in the wreck of
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