| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: have flowed with greater force from the north so as to have freely
inundated the south. As the tide leaves its drift in horizontal lines,
though rising higher on the shores where the tide rises highest, so have
the living waters left their living drift on our mountain-summits, in a
line gently rising from the arctic lowlands to a great height under the
equator. The various beings thus left stranded may be compared with savage
races of man, driven up and surviving in the mountain-fastnesses of almost
every land, which serve as a record, full of interest to us, of the former
inhabitants of the surrounding lowlands.
Chapter XII
Geographical Distribution--continued
On the Origin of Species |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: sandwich!'
On which the Messenger, to Alice's great amusement, opened a
bag that hung round his neck, and handed a sandwich to the King,
who devoured it greedily.
`Another sandwich!' said the King.
`There's nothing but hay left now,' the Messenger said, peeping
into the bag.
`Hay, then,' the King murmured in a faint whisper.
Alice was glad to see that it revived him a good deal.
`There's nothing like eating hay when you're faint,' he remarked
to her, as he munched away.
Through the Looking-Glass |
