| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: * * * Winterbourne looked at her; he had stopped laughing.
"You don't believe!" she added.
He was silent a moment; and then, "Yes, I believe it," he said.
"Oh, no, you don't!" she answered. "Well, then--I am not!"
The young girl and her cicerone were on their way to the gate
of the enclosure, so that Winterbourne, who had but lately entered,
presently took leave of them. A week afterward he went to dine
at a beautiful villa on the Caelian Hill, and, on arriving,
dismissed his hired vehicle. The evening was charming, and he
promised himself the satisfaction of walking home beneath the Arch
of Constantine and past the vaguely lighted monuments of the Forum.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: and Richard Coeur de Lion made all England resound with
preparations for the crusade, to the great delight of many
zealous adventurers, who eagerly flocked under his banner
in the hope of enriching themselves with Saracen spoil,
which they called fighting the battles of God. Richard, who was
not remarkably scrupulous in his financial operations,
was not likely to overlook the lands and castle of Locksley,
which he appropriated immediately to his own purposes, and sold
to the highest bidder. Now, as the repeal of the outlawry would
involve the restitution of the estates to the rightful owner,
it was obvious that it could never be expected from that
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