The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: It was a conflagration, but not a general one; the houses were too
scattered and the day too still for a fire to spread. What could it
be? Perhaps the blacksmith shop, perhaps the bakery, perhaps the
old tumble-down barn of the little Tremblay? It was not a large
fire, that was certain. But where was it precisely?
The question, becoming more and more anxious, was answered when we
arrived at the beach. A handful of boys, eager to be the bearers of
news, had spied us far off, and ran down to the shore to meet us.
"Patrique! Patrique!" they shouted in English, to make their
importance as great as possible in my eyes. "Come 'ome kveek; yo'
'ouse ees hall burn'!"
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 103: 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities.
Psalms 103: 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
Psalms 103: 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms 103: 13 Like as a father hath compassion upon his children, so hath the LORD compassion upon them that fear Him.
Psalms 103: 14 For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 103: 15 As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Psalms 103: 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
Psalms 103: 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children;
Psalms 103: 18 To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His precepts to do them.
Psalms 103: 19 The LORD hath established His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over all.
Psalms 103: 20 Bless the LORD, ye angels of His, ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word, hearkening unto the voice of His word.
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