| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Adieu by Honore de Balzac: arouse an aversion which might become insurmountable. I will help you
to tame her and make her come to you. Let us sit on this bench. If you
pay no attention to her, she will come of her own accord to examine
you."
"SHE! not to know me! to flee me!" repeated the colonel, seating
himself on a bench with his back to a tree that shaded it, and letting
his head fall upon his breast.
The doctor said nothing. Presently, the countess came gently down the
fir-tree, letting herself swing easily on the branches, as the wind
swayed them. At each branch she stopped to examine the stranger; but
seeing him motionless, she at last sprang to the ground and came
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: SA1 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men,
and we will discover ourselves unto them.
SA1 14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we
will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
SA1 14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up:
for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign
unto us.
SA1 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of
the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come
forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
SA1 14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his
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