| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus: CLII
Whom then shall I fear? the lords of the Bedchamber, lest
they should shut me out? If they find me desirous of entering in,
let them shut me out, if they will.
"Then why comest thou to the door?"
Beacause I think it meet and right, so long as the Play
lasts, to take part therein.
"In what sense art thou then shut out?"
Because, unless I am admitted, it is not my will to enter:
on the contrary, my will is simply that which comes to pass. For
I esteem what God wills better than what I will. To Him will I
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: The organization that planned and conducted Project TRINITY grew out
of the X-2 Group. LASL, though administered by the University of
California, was part of the Manhattan Project, supervised by the Army
Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District. The chief of MED was
Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers. Major General
Groves reported to both the Chief of Engineers and the Army Chief of
Staff. The Army Chief of Staff reported to the Secretary of War, a
Cabinet officer directly responsible to the President. Figure 1-5
outlines the organization of Project TRINITY.
The director of the Project TRINITY organization was Dr. Kenneth
Bainbridge. Dr. Bainbridge reported to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the
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