| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: matey?" "Matey!" The friendliness of it, the--the--Just to prove how
happy she was, just to show the tall fellow how at home she felt, and how
she despised stupid conventions, Laura took a big bite of her bread-and-
butter as she stared at the little drawing. She felt just like a work-
girl.
"Laura, Laura, where are you? Telephone, Laura!" a voice cried from the
house.
"Coming!" Away she skimmed, over the lawn, up the path, up the steps,
across the veranda, and into the porch. In the hall her father and Laurie
were brushing their hats ready to go to the office.
"I say, Laura," said Laurie very fast, "you might just give a squiz at my
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tour Through Eastern Counties of England by Daniel Defoe: above 600 pounds per annum, including, small tithes. NOTE. - This
parish has two or three chapels of ease, viz., one at Ilford, and
one on the side of Hainault Forest, called New Chapel.
Sir Thomas Fanshaw, of an ancient Roman Catholic family, has a very
good estate in this parish. A little beyond the town, on the road
to Dagenham, stood a great house, ancient, and now almost fallen
down, where tradition says the Gunpowder Treason Plot was at first
contrived, and that all the first consultations about it were held
there.
This side of the county is rather rich in land than in inhabitants,
occasioned chiefly by the unhealthiness of the air; for these low
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: patriarchal state in which the country then was, persons in the
situation of David and his sister were sure to be supported.
They had only to apply to the next gentleman or respectable
farmer, and were sure to find them equally ready and willing to
supply their very moderate wants. David often received
gratuities from strangers, which he never asked, never refused,
and never seemed to consider as an obligation. He had a right,
indeed, to regard himself as one of Nature's paupers, to whom she
gave a title to be maintained by his kind, even by that deformity
which closed against him all ordinary ways of supporting himself
by his own labour. Besides, a bag was suspended in the mill for
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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 Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: round as if expecting to see somebody, turned again his eyes
towards the sea.
"You say that because you do not understand the meaning of my
words," she said sadly. "Between you and my mother there never
was any love. When I returned to Sambir I found the place which
I thought would be a peaceful refuge for my heart, filled with
weariness and hatred--and mutual contempt. I have listened to
your voice and to her voice. Then I saw that you could not
understand me; for was I not part of that woman? Of her who was
the regret and shame of your life? I had to choose--I hesitated.
Why were you so blind? Did you not see me struggling before your
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