| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: Sunday's clean jerkin on."
"Trouble not thyself about my conscience," said Foster; "it is a
thing thou canst not understand, having never had one of thine
own. But let us rather to the point, and say to me, in one word,
what is thy business with me, and what hopes have drawn thee
hither?"
"The hope of bettering myself, to be sure," answered Lambourne,
"as the old woman said when she leapt over the bridge at
Kingston. Look you, this purse has all that is left of as round
a sum as a man would wish to carry in his slop-pouch. You are
here well established, it would seem, and, as I think, well
Kenilworth |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: her again she struck him full in the face with one small,
clenched fist.
Directly behind the Malay lay the heavy chest
of Professor Maxon. As the man stepped backward
to recover his equilibrium both feet struck the obstacle.
For an instant he tottered with wildly waving arms
in an endeavor to regain his lost balance, then,
with a curse upon his lips, he lunged across the box
and over the side of the prahu into the dark waters
of the river.
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