| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne: that which leads from the Carousal to the Palais Royal, and
observing a little boy in some distress at the side of the gutter
which ran down the middle of it, I took hold of his hand and help'd
him over. Upon turning up his face to look at him after, I
perceived he was about forty. - Never mind, said I, some good body
will do as much for me when I am ninety.
I feel some little principles within me which incline me to be
merciful towards this poor blighted part of my species, who have
neither size nor strength to get on in the world. - I cannot bear
to see one of them trod upon; and had scarce got seated beside my
old French officer, ere the disgust was exercised, by seeing the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: importance, and only the prospect of later visits reconciled us
to the need of passing them by. As it was, we slowed down once
in a while and turned on our second torch. If we had had more
films, we would certainly have paused briefly to photograph certain
bas-reliefs, but time-consuming hand-copying was clearly out of
the question.
I come now once more to a place where the temptation
to hesitate, or to hint rather than state, is very strong. It
is necessary, however, to reveal the rest in order to justify
my course in discouraging further exploration. We had wormed our
way very close to the computed site of the tunnel’s mouth - having
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