The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: both her father and grandfather gone, Zat Arras was very
powerful, for he is still Jed of Zodanga, to which position,
you will remember, Tardos Mors appointed him after you
had refused the honour.
"He had a secret audience with her six days ago. What
took place none knows, but the next day Dejah Thoris
had disappeared, and with her had gone a dozen of her
household guard and body servants, including Sola the
green woman--Tars Tarkas' daughter, you recall. No word
left they of their intentions, but it is always thus with those
who go upon the voluntary pilgrimage from which none
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: and general health of the Project TRINITY participants.
Each of these groups was divided into several units. Individuals were
also assigned special tasks outside their groups, such as
communications and tracking the TRINITY cloud with a searchlight (3).
1.4 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PARTICIPANTS IN PROJECT TRINITY
From March 1944 until the beginning of 1946, several thousand people
participated in Project TRINITY. These included not only the LASL
scientists, but also scientists, technicians, and workmen employed at
MED installations throughout the United States. According to entrance
logs, film badge data, and other records, about 1,000 people either
worked at or visited the TRINITY site from 16 July 1945 through 1946
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