| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson: he was at last, on the occasion of the late Exposition, recognised
and medalled. And to show by one instance the inverted nature of
his reputation, comparatively small at home, yet filling the world,
a friend of mine was this winter on a visit to the Spanish main,
and was asked by a Peruvian if he "knew Mr. Stevenson the author,
because his works were much esteemed in Peru?" My friend supposed
the reference was to the writer of tales; but the Peruvian had
never heard of DR. JEKYLL; what he had in his eye, what was
esteemed in Peru, where the volumes of the engineer.
Thomas Stevenson was born at Edinburgh in the year 1818, the
grandson of Thomas Smith, first engineer to the Board of Northern
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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 Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: glance. A man very much alone, and on his own.
'Would you like to come with me to the cottage, to your Gran, dear?'
The child peeped up again. 'Yes!' she simpered.
Connie disliked her; the spoilt, false little female. Nevertheless she
wiped her face and took her hand. The keeper saluted in silence.
'Good morning!' said Connie.
It was nearly a mile to the cottage, and Connie senior was well red by
Connie junior by the time the game-keeper's picturesque little home was
in sight. The child was already as full to the brim with tricks as a
little monkey, and so self-assured.
At the cottage the door stood open, and there was a rattling heard
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
