| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: had spent the whole day before he went to the
squire over his dead horse. First of all he went
to the knacker, Sanin, who lived in a village near.
The knacker was out, but he waited for him, and
it was dinner-time when he had finished bargain-
ing over the price of the skin. Then he bor-
rowed a neighbour's horse to take his own to a
field to be buried, as it is forbidden to bury dead
animals near a village. Adrian would not lend
his horse because he was getting in his potatoes,
but Stephen took pity on Mitri and gave way to
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson: "That is how I should prefer the thing arranged," she answered
coldly. "I know you men; you think nothing of a woman's
reputation."
Silas blushed and somewhat hung his head; for the scheme he had in
view had involved a little vain-glorying before his acquaintances.
"Above all," she added, "do not speak to the porter as you come
out."
"And why?" said he. "Of all your instructions, that seems to me
the least important."
"You at first doubted the wisdom of some of the others, which you
now see to be very necessary," she replied. "Believe me, this also
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