| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad: women amongst them. He was glad to observe the village priest
(of the Orthodox Church) coming up the drive. The good man in
his haste had tucked up his cassock as high as the top of his
boots.
The officer had been looking at the backs of the books in the
bookcases. Then he perched himself on the edge of the centre-
table and remarked easily:
"Your master did not take you to town with him, then."
"I am the head servant and he leaves me in charge of the house.
It's a strong, young chap that travels with our master. If--God
forbid--there was some accident on the road he would be of much
Some Reminiscences |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: she perceived the object of their halt and the thing that
they awaited. They were being stalked.
Of this she was positive, as she saw the lithe, sinewy form
of a panther glide noiselessly from the jungle at the point at
which the apes had emerged but a moment before.
Quickly the beast trotted across the clearing toward
the anthropoids. Jane wondered at their apparent apathy,
and a moment later her wonder turned to amazement as she saw
the great cat come quite close to the apes, who appeared
entirely unconcerned by its presence, and, squatting down
in their midst, fell assiduously to the business of preening,
The Beasts of Tarzan |
