| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: thee. Canst thou guess of whom I speak?"
"Haply it is Lord George Beaumont," said Myles; "he hath always
been passing kind to me.
"Nay," said Sir James, "it is not of him that I speak, though
methinks he liketh thee well enow. Canst thou keep a secret,
boy?" he asked, suddenly.
"Yea," answered Myles.
"And wilt thou do so in this case if I tell thee who it is that
is thy best friend here?"
"Yea."
"Then it is my Lord who is that friend--the Earl himself; but see
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: phenomenon.
When I compare the Greek and Roman republics with these
American States; the manuscript libraries of the former, and
their rude population, with the innumerable journals and the
enlightened people of the latter; when I remember all the
attempts which are made to judge the modern republics by the
assistance of those of antiquity, and to infer what will happen
in our time from what took place two thousand years ago, I am
tempted to burn my books, in order to apply none but novel ideas
to so novel a condition of society.
What I have said of New England must not, however, be
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