| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson: The English get down at all the ascents and walk on ahead for
exercise; the French are mightily entertained at this, and keep coyly
underneath the tilt. As we go we carry with us a pleasant noise of
laughter and light speech, and some one will be always breaking out
into a bar or two of opera bouffe. Before we get to the Route Ronde
here comes Desprez, the colourman from Fontainebleau, trudging across
on his weekly peddle with a case of merchandise; and it is 'Desprez,
leave me some malachite green'; 'Desprez, leave me so much canvas';
'Desprez, leave me this, or leave me that'; M. Desprez standing the
while in the sunlight with grave face and many salutations. The next
interruption is more important. For some time back we have had the
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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 Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay: Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do."
Four days after this interview the battle of Antietam was fought,
and when, after a few days of uncertainty it was found that it
could be reasonably claimed as a Union victory, the President
resolved to carry out his long-matured purpose. Secretary Chase
in his diary recorded very fully what occurred on that
ever-memorable September 22, 1862. After some playful talk upon
other matters, Mr. Lincoln, taking a graver tone, said:
"Gentlemen: I have, as you are aware, thought a great deal about
the relation of this war to slavery, and you all remember that
several weeks ago I read to you an order I had prepared on this
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