| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: to the right, leads off with his right limbs, and to the left with his
left.
[12] "Forwards!"
[13] Or, "the true trot."
[14] {epirrabdophorein}, "a fast pace in response to a wave of the
whip."
[15] See Berenger, i. p. 249; also the "Cavalry Drill Book," Part I.
Equitation, S. 22, "The Canter."
[16] {tes episkeliseos}, "he will make the forward stride of the
gallop in the act of turning to the left." See Morgan ad loc.
As an exercise, we recommend what is called the volte,[17] since it
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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 Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie: reasons why Miss Howard could not have committed the crime!"
"And very good reasons too," replied Poirot. "For a long time
they were a stumbling-block to me until I remembered a very
significant fact: that she and Alfred Inglethorp were cousins.
She could not have committed the crime single-handed, but the
reasons against that did not debar her from being an accomplice.
And, then, there was that rather over-vehement hatred of hers! It
concealed a very opposite emotion. There was, undoubtedly, a tie
of passion between them long before he came to Styles. They had
already arranged their infamous plot--that he should marry this
rich, but rather foolish old lady, induce her to make a will
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