| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: place where the body of his cousin lay. He knelt down and
examined him. When he rose it was with a very grave face.
"He is dead," he said quietly.
McWilliams, who had been bending over Chalkeye, looked up. "Here,
too. Any one of the shots would have finished him."
Bannister nodded. "Yes. That first exchange killed them both." He
looked down at the limp body of his cousin, but a minute before
so full of supple, virile life. "But his hate had to reach out
and make sure, even though he was as good as dead himself. He was
game." Then sharply to the young braggart, who had risen and was
edging away with a face of chalk: "Sit down, y'u! What do y'u
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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 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: "You are sure of it! Then let us hurry to him at once to let him
know that the truth is known."
"He knows it already. When I had cleared it all up I had an
interview with him, and finding that he would not tell me the
story, I told it to him, on which he had to confess that I was
right and to add the very few details which were not yet quite
clear to me. Your news of this morning, however, may open his
lips."
"For heaven's sake, tell me, then, what is this extraordinary
mystery !"
"I will do so, and I will show you the steps by which I reached
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