| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac: day bearing the title of Duchesse d'Herouville. The duke expected to
oblige his son to marry her. On learning from d'Artagnon that Etienne
was in love with the daughter of a miserable physician, he was only
the more determined to carry out the marriage. What could such a man
comprehend of love,--he who had let his own wife die beside him
without understanding a single sigh of her heart? Never, perhaps, in
his life had he felt such violent anger as when the last despatch of
the baron told him with what rapidity Beauvouloir's plans were
advancing,--the baron attributing them wholly to the bonesetter's
ambition. The duke ordered out his equipages and started for Rouen,
bringing with him the Comtesse de Grandlieu, her sister the Marquise
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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 Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Hm!" said the Tin Woodman, "I do not see the use of a tail. We are not
trying to copy a beast, or a fish, or a bird. All we ask of the Thing is to
carry us through the air.
"Perhaps, after the Thing is brought to life, it can use a tail to steer
with," suggested the Scarecrow. "For if it flies through the air it will not
be unlike a bird, and I've noticed that all birds have tails, which they use
for a rudder while flying."
"Very well," answered Nick, "the broom shall be used for a tail," and he
fastened it firmly to the back end of the sofa body.
Tip took the pepper-box from his pocket.
"The Thing looks very big," said he, anxiously;
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