| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: result due no doubt to the co-operation of the well-known
engineer Basenach. The "M-IV" is essentially an experiment and
great secrecy has been maintained in regard to the trials which
have been carried out therewith, the authorities merely
vouchsafing the fact that the airship has proved completely
successful in every respect; conclusive testimony of this is
offered by the inclusion of the vessel in the active aerial fleet
of Germany.
But it is the Parseval which is regarded as the finest type of
airship flying the German flag. This vessel is the product of
slow evolution, for it is admitted to be a power-driven balloon.
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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 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: so long as my position was irregular. Don't imagine I would
compare ...I know you, darling. But I could not help
remembering ...Well, so what did he say to you?" she repeated.
"He said that he was unhappy on your account and his own. Perhaps
you will say that it's egoism, but what a legitimate and noble
egoism. He wants first of all to legitimize his daughter, and to
be your husband, to have a legal right to you."
"What wife, what slave can be so utterly a slave as I, in my
position?" she put in gloomily.
"The chief thing he desires ...he desires that you should not
suffer."
Anna Karenina |
