| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: lied to us about a number of points. Any attempt at an accurate
analysis of her impulse to steal seemed quite beyond the mark in
the light of her ever-ready fabrications.
The after-history of this case is of the utmost importance. A
woman of strong character took Edna and surrounded her with new
interests. Conference was had with us on the nature of the case.
For the next few months reports came that the girl was a liar
through and through and grave doubts were entertained of ultimate
success. It was after she had been tried in her new environment
for 3 months that, seeing us again, she confessed that her
stories about her foster father were absolutely untrue. From
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: "You ask us to fail in our duty? No, never! To go back to the white
settlements and acknowledge we were afraid to continue teaching the Gospel to
the Indians! You can not understand Christianity if you advise that. You have
no religion. You are a killer of Indians."
A shadow that might have been one of pain flitted over the hunter's face.
"No, I ain't a Christian, an' I am a killer of Injuns," said Wetzel, and his
deep voice had a strange tremor. "I don't know nothin' much 'cept the woods
an' fields, an' if there's a God fer me He's out thar under the trees an'
grass. Mr. Wells, you're the first man as ever called me a coward, an' I
overlook it because of your callin'. I advise you to go back to Fort Henry,
because if you don't go now the chances are aginst your ever goin'.
The Spirit of the Border |
