| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from United States Declaration of Independence: and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our
common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably
interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been
deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore,
acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them,
as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America,
in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of
the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name,
and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies,
solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: drift; or, again, if they died on the open hill-sides, their bones
might be washed in, in floods, along with mud and stones, and
buried with them in the cave below; and beside that, lions and
bears and hyaenas might live in the caves below, as we know they
did in some caves, and drag in bones through the caves' mouths;
or, again, savages might live in that cave, and bring in animals
to eat, like the wild beasts; and so those bones might be mixed
up, as we know they were, with things which the savages had left
behind--like flint tools or beads; and then the whole would be
hardened, by the dripping of the limestone water, into a paste of
breccia just like this in my drawer. But the bones of the savages
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Alkahest by Honore de Balzac: the man she loves, would they not be in her case mere humiliating
speculation? A beautiful woman can be her natural self,--the world
overlooks her little follies or her clumsiness; whereas a single
criticising glance checks the noblest expression on the lips of an
ugly woman, adds to the ill-grace of her gesture, gives timidity to
her eyes and awkwardness to her whole bearing. She knows too well that
to her alone the world condones no faults; she is denied the right to
repair them; indeed, the chance to do so is never given. This
necessity of being perfect and on her guard at every moment, must
surely chill her faculties and numb their exercise? Such a woman can
exist only in an atmosphere of angelic forbearance. Where are the
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: the pain he felt. But long after he had tramped out into the
open there was a lump in his throat and an ache in his breast.
All his thought centered around Ray Longstreth. What a woman
she had turned out to be! He seemed to have a vague, hopeless
hope that there might be, there must be, some way he could save
her.
CHAPTER XXI
Before going to sleep that night Duane had decided to go to Ord
and try to find the rendezvous where Longstreth was to meet his
men. These men Duane wanted even more than their leader. If
Longstreth, or Cheseldine, was the brains of that gang, Poggin
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