Today's Stichomancy for Jack Kevorkian

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon:

believed that men were the same throughout time and space and that they could all be ruled by the same laws and institutions. This was then the general belief. ``The vices and virtues of the people,'' wrote Helvetius, ``are always a necessary effect of its legislation. . . . How can we doubt that virtue is in the case of all peoples the result of the wisdom, more or less perfect, of the administration?''

There could be no greater mistake.

3. The Philosophical Ideas of the Bourgeoisie at the Time of the Revolution.

It is by no means easy to say just what were the social and

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach:

Proverbs 12: 15 The way of a fool is straight in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

Proverbs 12: 16 A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.

Proverbs 12: 17 He that breatheth forth truth uttereth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 12: 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 12: 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 12: 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Proverbs 12: 21 There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.

Proverbs 12: 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD; but they that deal truly are His delight.

Proverbs 12: 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Proverbs 12: 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 12: 25 Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad.

The Tanach

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey:

of muscle and bone, beautiful only in head and mane, a weight-carrier, a horse strong and fierce like the desert that had bred him.

The rider fitted the horse as he fitted the saddle. He was a young man of exceedingly powerful physique, wide-shouldered, long-armed, big-legged. His lean face, where it was not red, blistered and peeling, was the hue of bronze. He had a dark eye, a falcon gaze, roving and keen. His jaw was prominent and set, mastiff-like; his lips were stern. It was youth with its softness not yet quite burned and hardened away that kept the whole cast of his face from being ruthless.

This young man was Dick Gale, but not the listless traveler, nor the

Desert Gold

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 Philebus by Plato:

There is yet a third view which combines the two:--freedom is obedience to the law, and the greatest order is also the greatest freedom; 'Act so that thy action may be the law of every intelligent being.' This view is noble and elevating; but it seems to err, like other transcendental principles of ethics, in being too abstract. For there is the same difficulty in connecting the idea of duty with particular duties as in bridging the gulf between phainomena and onta; and when, as in the system of Kant, this universal idea or law is held to be independent of space and time, such a mataion eidos becomes almost unmeaning.

Once more there are the religious principles of morals:--the will of God revealed in Scripture and in nature. No philosophy has supplied a sanction