| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Ancient Regime by Charles Kingsley: of De Tocqueville's: {1} "If the first American who might be met,
either in his own country, or abroad, were to be stopped and asked
whether he considered religion useful to the stability of the laws
and the good order of society, he would answer, without hesitation,
that no civilised society, but more especially none in a state of
freedom, can exist without religion. Respect for religion is, in
his eyes, the greatest guarantee of the stability of the State, and
of the safety of the community. Those who are ignorant of the
science of government, know that fact at least."
M. de Tocqueville, when he wrote these words, was lamenting that in
France, "freedom was forsaken;" "a thing for which it is said that
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: wounded lions, growling, dragged themselves away, the
ape-man cut his spear from the body of Buto, hacked off
a steak and vanished into the jungle. The episode was
over. It had been all in the day's work--something
which you and I might talk about for a lifetime Tarzan
dismissed from his mind the moment that the scene
passed from his sight.
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La Seeks Vengeance
Swinging back through the jungle in a wide circle the
ape-man came to the river at another point, drank and
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar |
