| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson: that along the shore."
So the others went away with no fears.
Hope said afterwards that she never swam with such delight as
on that day. The water seemed to be peculiarly thin and clear,
she said, as well as tranquil, and to retain its usual buoyancy
without its density. It gave a delicious sense of freedom; she
seemed to swim in air, and felt singularly secure. For the
first time she felt what she had always wished to
experience,--that swimming was as natural as walking, and might
be indefinitely prolonged. Her strength seemed limitless, she
struck out more and more strongly; she splashed and played with
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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 Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: "If they satisfy Val they do me, but very likely you'll find they
won't."
"The doubt adds a fillip to the situation."
Her eyes had gone from time to time out of the window. Now she
gave a sigh of relief. "Here we are at the hospital. Oh, I do hope
that poor man is all right!"
"I'm sure he is. He was recovering consciousness when they left.
James helped her out of the cab and they went together up the
steps. In the hall they met Jeff. He had just come down stairs.
"Everything's all right. His head must have struck the asphalt,
but there seems to be no danger."
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