| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: [17] Or, "are the more ready to cringe." See, for the word
{uperkhontai}, "Pol. Lac." viii. 2; Plat. "Crit." 53 E;
Rutherford, "New Phrynichus," p. 110.
[18] Or, "by the minority"; or, "by a handful of people."
[19] As they did during the Peloponnesian war; and earlier still,
before the battle of Salamis, in the case of that one island.
[20] Or, "but mean the forfeiture of others."
Further, states oligarchically governed are forced to ratify their
alliances and solemn oaths, and if they fail to abide by their
contracts, the offence, by whomsoever committed,[21] lies nominally at
the door of the oligarchs who entered upon the contract. But in the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: enthusiasm of the three recruits rose higher and higher. They
rummaged through the lumber pile in the great circular room as
Myles and Gascoyne had done, and at last, tired out, they
ascended to the airy chapel, and there sat cooling themselves in
the rustling freshness of the breeze that came blowing briskly in
through the arched windows.
It was then and there that the five discussed and finally
determined upon the detailed plans of their organization,
canvassing the names of the squirehood, and selecting from it a
sufficient number of bold and daring spirits to make up a roll of
twenty names in all.
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