| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: It all tlue, Mlaxon."
"And it is true about this man--the thing that you
have told us is true? He is not one of those created
in the laboratory?"
"No, Mlaxon. You no makee fine young man like Blulan--
you know lat, Mlaxon. You makee One, Two, Thlee--
all up to Twelve. All fleaks. You ought to know,
Mlaxon, lat you no can makee a Blulan."
During these revelations Bulan had sat with his
eyes fixed upon the Chinaman. There was a puzzled
expression upon his wan, blood-streaked face.
The Monster Men |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll: "Let us take them in order. The first is the taste,
Which is meager and hollow, but crisp:
Like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist,
With a flavor of Will-o-the-wisp.
"Its habit of getting up late you'll agree
That it carries too far, when I say
That it frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea,
And dines on the following day.
"The third is its slowness in taking a jest.
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
The Hunting of the Snark |
