| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: when the Austrian and the Hungarian came up in hordes, and the patriots
went out to meet them, men and women, the aged and the children too,
and waited their coming on the rocks above the passes, that they
might sweep destruction on them with their artificial avalanches.
When the invader was triumphant he found but little, for whatever
there was had been sheltered in the friendly soil."
"But how," said I, "can it have remained so long undiscovered,
when there is a sure index to it if men will but take the trouble to look?
"The Count smiled, and as his lips ran back over his gums,
the long, sharp, canine teeth showed out strangely. He answered.
"Because your peasant is at heart a coward and a fool!
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: windows and exchanged signals with the two imprisoned
girls.
Ozma realized that her friends were doing all in
their power to rescue her and smiled an encouragement
to their efforts. Dorothy seemed a little anxious but
was trying to be as brave as her companion.
After the boat had returned to the camp and Glinda
was seated in her tent, working out various ways by
which Ozma and Dorothy could be rescued, the Wizard
stood on the shore dreamily eying the outlines of the
Great Dome which showed beneath the clear water, when
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