| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Whispers the o're-fraught heart, and bids it breake
Macd. My Children too?
Ro. Wife, Children, Seruants, all that could be found
Macd. And I must be from thence? My wife kil'd too?
Rosse. I haue said
Malc. Be comforted.
Let's make vs Med'cines of our great Reuenge,
To cure this deadly greefe
Macd. He ha's no Children. All my pretty ones?
Did you say All? Oh Hell-Kite! All?
What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme
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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 Octopus by Frank Norris: kissed him on the mouth.
Meanwhile, the news had spread. The multitude rose to its feet.
Women and men, with pale faces, looked at each other speechless,
or broke forth into inarticulate exclamations. A strange,
unfamiliar murmur took the place of the tumultuous gaiety of the
previous moments. A sense of dread, of confusion, of impending
terror weighed heavily in the air. What was now to happen?
When Annixter got back to Osterman, he found a number of the
Leaguers already assembled. They were all mounted. Hooven was
there and Harran, and besides these, Garnett of the Ruby ranch
and Gethings of the San Pablo, Phelps the foreman of Los Muertos,
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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 Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: Somebody can drive her back to Vannes, and don't
overcharge her, you robbers!"
"Gavr' Inis?" Frances repeated.
"It is an island in the sea yonder, madame. A quiet
place of trees. When there was not a man in the world,
evil spirits built there an altar for the worship of the
devil. No men could have built it. There are huge
stones carried there from the mountains far inland, that
no engine could lift. It is a great mystery."
"It is the one place in the world, people say,"
interrupted Selo, lowering his voice, "where God never
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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 Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.
The shouts of both parties augmented the
fearful din, the assailants crying, ``Saint George
for merry England!'' and the Normans answering
them with loud cries of ``_En avant De Bracy!
---Beau-seant! Beau-seant!---Front-de-Buf la
rescousse!'' according to the war-cries of their different
commanders.
It was not, however, by clamour that the contest
was to be decided, and the desperate efforts of the
assailants were met by an equally vigorous defence
Ivanhoe |
