| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Iron Puddler by James J. Davis: "Such things have been done."
"Well, I am not spiteful. Many a time I have made the men mad
at me by being fair to you. Spite and malice should have no place
in dealings between employer and employee. If you had a chance,
would you give the men a dirty deal just for spite?"
"We're business men," he said. "And we never act through
malice, but we often expect it from the other side."
"Well, don't expect it from me. As a city official my whole
duty is to the city. If we give you that railroad switch it will
help the mill and can't hurt the city. Without your mills there
would be no city here, and all the alleys would be vacated, with
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: and little boys in the round-collared shirts of the time,
hurrying along the sidewalk on their way to the tent.
Mrs. Vanni received them at the entrance, always dressed
in lavender with a great deal of black lace, her important
watch-chain lying on her bosom. She wore her hair on the top
of her head, built up in a black tower, with red coral combs.
When she smiled, she showed two rows of strong, crooked yellow teeth.
She taught the little children herself, and her husband,
the harpist, taught the older ones.
Often the mothers brought their fancywork and sat on the shady side
of the tent during the lesson. The popcorn man wheeled his glass
My Antonia |
