| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: but Kerkuon said no word; for his heart was burst within him
with the fall, and the meat, and the wine.
Then Theseus opened the gates, and called in all the people;
and they cried, 'You have slain our evil king; be you now our
king, and rule us well.'
'I will be your king in Eleusis, and I will rule you right
and well; for this cause I have slain all evil-doers - Sinis,
and Sciron, and this man last of all.'
Then an aged man stepped forth, and said, 'Young hero, hast
thou slain Sinis? Beware then of AEgeus, king of Athens, to
whom thou goest, for he is near of kin to Sinis.'
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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 Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: hug him, and all those other people were so dazed they
looked partly petrified, partly drunk, and wholly caught
out and snowed under. I judged that the cake was ours,
and by a large majority.
Education is a great thing. This was the same
youth who had come to West Point so ignorant that
when I asked him, "If a general officer should have a
horse shot under him on the field of battle, what ought
he to do?" answered up naively and said:
"Get up and brush himself."
One of the young nobles was called up now. I
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