The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and as he went he glanced at the spot where the warriors had
stood, ready to defend himself if necessary, but there was
none there to oppose him. Dead and dying they lay strewn
for fifty feet along the turf.
By the time Tarzan had freed the Englishman the girl
joined them. She tried to voice her thanks to the ape-man
but he silenced her with a gesture.
"You saved yourself," he insisted, "for had you been unable
to pilot the plane, I could not have helped you, and now," he
said, "you two have the means of returning to the settlements.
The day is still young. You can easily cover the distance in a
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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 Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White: Just to satisfy him I passed over his old duds.
"I've been robbed," he cried.
"Well," said I, "what did you expect would happen to you lying
around Yuma after midnight with a hole in your head?"
"Where's my coat?" he asked.
"You had no coat when I picked you up," I replied.
He looked at me mighty suspicious, but didn't say anything more--
he wouldn't even answer when I spoke to him. After he'd eaten a
fair meal he fell asleep. When I came back that evening the bunk
was empty and he was gone.
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