| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: event could not fail to act profitably.
From time to time between 1818 and 1820 Faraday published scientific
notes and notices of minor weight. At this time he was acquiring,
not producing; working hard for his master and storing and
strengthening his own mind. He assisted Mr. Brande in his lectures,
and so quietly, skilfully, and modestly was his work done, that
Mr. Brande's vocation at the time was pronounced 'lecturing on velvet.'
In 1820 Faraday published a chemical paper 'on two new compounds of
chlorine and carbon, and on a new compound of iodine, carbon,
and hydrogen.' This paper was read before the Royal Society on
December 21, 1820, and it was the first of his that was honoured
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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 The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: side except the south, which fronted on the bay. The
steel-jacketed bullets from the high-power guns tore through and
through the flimsy walls. Nevertheless the defenders replied
pluckily, and the siege might have dragged on for hours had it
not been for the courage and resource of Kuroki. Gaining the
stable, Kuroki found an old pushcart there. He piled three bales
of hay upon it, and then set fire to the hay. Pushing the cart
before him, and crouching behind the bales to protect himself
from revolver shots, he worked his way to the east verandah of
the building and left the hay blazing against the planks. Then
he ran as if the devil were after him, and was almost out of
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