| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: a look of triumphant malignity, "but domestic spies, Mr.
Ratcliffe, will soon find themselves without any, if any such
dares to continue his abode in a family where his coming was an
unauthorized intrusion, where his conduct has been that of a
presumptuous meddler, and from which his exit shall be that of a
baffled knave, if he does not know how to take a hint."
"Mr. Vere," returned Ratcliffe, with calm contempt, "I am fully
aware, that as soon as my presence becomes useless to you, which
it must through the rash step you are about to adopt, it will
immediately become unsafe to myself, as it has always been
hateful to you. But I have one protection, and it is a strong
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: Provisional Detachment No. 1 (Company "B"), 9812th Technical Service
Unit.] Army Corps of Engineers, Department of War. [Santa Fe, NM.]
14 July 1945. 2 Pages.**
9. Headquarters, Special Service Detachment. Supplemental Special
Guard Orders, with Appendix. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory,
Manhattan Engineer District. [Alamogordo, NM.] 14 July 1945. 4
Pages.**
10. Hempelmann, L. H., M.D. [Extracts from: "Preparation and
Operational Plan of Medical Group (TR-7) for Nuclear Explosion 16 July
1945."] Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Atomic Energy Commission.
Los Alamos, NM.: LASL. LA-631(Deleted). June 13, 1947. 32 Pages.***
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne: the Judge. "There is no frightful guest in the house, but only a
poor, gentle, childlike man, whom I believe to be Cousin Hepzibah's
brother. I am afraid (but you, sir, will know better than I) that
he is not quite in his sound senses; but so mild and quiet he
seems to be, that a mother might trust her baby with him; and
I think he would play with the baby as if he were only a few
years older than itself. He startle me!--Oh, no indeed!"
"I rejoice to hear so favorable and so ingenuous an account of
my cousin Clifford," said the benevolent Judge. "Many years ago,
when we were boys and young men together, I had a great affection
for him, and still feel a tender interest in all his concerns.
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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 Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes: her reply the sentence of death or the grant of life. Oh, that I had
but dared at that moment to rush forward crying aloud, 'Luscinda,
Luscinda! have a care what thou dost; remember what thou owest me;
bethink thee thou art mine and canst not be another's; reflect that
thy utterance of "Yes" and the end of my life will come at the same
instant. O, treacherous Don Fernando! robber of my glory, death of
my life! What seekest thou? Remember that thou canst not as a
Christian attain the object of thy wishes, for Luscinda is my bride,
and I am her husband!' Fool that I am! now that I am far away, and out
of danger, I say I should have done what I did not do: now that I have
allowed my precious treasure to be robbed from me, I curse the robber,
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