| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: wrought all our works in us.
ISA 26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion
over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
ISA 26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they
shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made
all their memory to perish.
ISA 26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased
the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the
ends of the earth.
ISA 26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a
prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: intelligent enough to observe everything of importance in the
ports through which he passed, and it was interesting to hear him
tell of the things he had seen, and his characterization of some
of the people he had visited.
"What did Your Highness think of the relative characteristics of
the Germans and the French, as you saw them?" I asked him at the
same dinner.
"The people in Berlin," said he, "get up early in the morning and
go to their business, while the people in Paris get up in the
evening and go to the theatre."
This may have been a bit exaggerated, but it indicated that the
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