| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: said nothing.
'Only I thought it would be a good way to begin a break with Clifford.
I do want a child. And it would give me a chance to, to--,' she
resumed.
'To let them think a few lies,' he said.
'Yes, that among other things. Do you want them to think the truth?'
'I don't care what they think.'
'I do! I don't want them handling me with their unpleasant cold minds,
not while I'm still at Wragby. They can think what they like when I'm
finally gone.'
He was silent.
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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 Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: stupendous one. Yet, he reflected, a company of intrepid and
quick-shooting rangers could have soon cleaned up this
Bradford.
The innkeeper had one other guest that night, a long
black-coated and wide-sombreroed Texan who reminded Duane of
his grandfather. This man had penetrating eyes, a courtly
manner, and an unmistakable leaning toward companionship and
mint-juleps. The gentleman introduced himself as Colonel Webb,
of Marfa, and took it as a matter of course that Duane made no
comment about himself.
"Sir, it's all one to me," he said, blandly, waving his hand.
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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 Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: to work."
Thereupon he rose from the couch and led the way, the young man
following, through an arch door-way into a garden, in the centre
of which was an open space paved with white marble, and in the
centre of that again a carpet, ragged and worn, spread out upon
the smooth stones. Without saying a word, the old man seated
himself upon one end of this carpet, and motioned to the
spendthrift to seat himself with his basket at the other end;
then--
"Are you ready?" said the old man.
"Yes," said the young man, "I am."
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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 Burning Daylight by Jack London: mouth of the Stewart. Daylight talked town sites, and, though
the others laughed at him, he staked the whole maze of high,
wooded islands.
"Just supposing the big strike does come on the Stewart," he
argued. "Mebbe you-all'll be in on it, and then again mebbe
you-all won't. But I sure will. You-all'd better reconsider
and go in with me on it."
But they were stubborn.
"You're as bad as Harper and Joe Ladue," said Joe Hines.
"They're always at that game. You know that big flat jest below
the Klondike and under Moosehide Mountain? Well, the recorder at
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