| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: That as in Adam all have died,
In Christ shall all men live;
And ever round his throne abide,
Eternal praise to give.
That even the wicked shall at last
Be fitted for the skies;
And when their dreadful doom is past,
To life and light arise.
I ask not, how remote the day,
Nor what the sinners' woe,
Before their dross is purged away;
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: was too fatigued," continued Aramis. Baisemeaux anxiously
slipped another cushion behind his guest's back. "But,"
continued Aramis, "I promised myself to come and pay you a
visit to-day, early in the morning."
"You are really very kind, my lord."
"And it was a good thing for me I was punctual, I think."
"What do you mean?"
"Yes, you were going out." At which latter remark Baisemeaux
colored and said, "It is true I was going out."
"Then I prevent you," said Aramis; whereupon the
embarrassment of Baisemeaux became visibly greater. "I am
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