| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: university (for academia is often separated from the rest of life by
just such a metaphor), and as a result he was tragically but
thoroughly run down by a fully loaded manure truck, whose cargo had
been produced after only one day's rumination, and whose owner also
hoped that it would swell the fruit on the trees of a less
figurative orchard.
Such was the life and death of the great Professor de Laix, a man
for whom someday almost came.
How the Humans Finally Learned to Like Themselves
It is man's peculiar distinction to love even those who err.
--Marcus Aurelius, VII.22
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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 The Phoenix and the Turtle by William Shakespeare: Saw division grow together;
To themselves yet either-neither,
Simple were so well compounded.
That it cried how true a twain
Seemeth this concordant one!
Love hath reason, reason none
If what parts can so remain.
Whereupon it made this threne
To the phoenix and the dove,
Co-supreme and stars of love;
As chorus to their tragic scene.
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