| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Numa of the pit they occasionally made excursions across the
desert to the fertile valley of the Wamabos, but principally
they took their toll of meat from the herds of the walled city
of Herog, the mad king, or seized upon some of his luckless
subjects.
Numa of the pit was in some respect an exception to the
rule which guided his fellows of the forest in that as a cub he
had been trapped and carried into the city, where he was kept
for breeding purposes, only to escape in his second year. They
had tried to teach him in the city of maniacs that he must not
eat the flesh of man, and the result of their schooling was 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 The Aspern Papers by Henry James: She did so this afternoon."
"Yes; she mustn't come out any more," said Miss Tita, with one of her lapses
into a deeper placidity.
"What is the use of making such a remark as that if you begin to rattle
her about again the first time she bids you?"
"I won't--I won't do it any more."
"You must learn to resist her," I went on.
"Oh, yes, I shall; I shall do so better if you tell me it's right."
"You mustn't do it for me; you must do it for yourself.
It all comes back to you, if you are frightened."
"Well, I am not frightened now," said Miss Tita cheerfully.
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