| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: of him was so great that it dwarfed reason, conscience. He
could not resist it. He felt something dying in him. He
suffered. Hope seemed far away. Despair had seized upon him and
was driving him into a reckless mood when he thought of Jennie.
He had forgotten her. He had forgotten that he had promised to
save her. He had forgotten that he meant to snuff out as many
lives as might stand between her and freedom. The very
remembrance sheered off his morbid introspection. She made a
difference. How strange for him to realize that! He felt
grateful to her. He had been forced into outlawry; she had been
stolen from her people and carried into captivity. They had met
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells: lies bare and plain.
8. THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
The question of oaths of allegiance, acts of acquiescence in
existing governments, and the like, is one that arises at once with
the acceptance of God as the supreme and real King of the Earth. At
the worst Caesar is a usurper, a satrap claiming to be sovereign; at
the best he is provisional. Modern casuistry makes no great trouble
for the believing public official. The chief business of any
believer is to do the work for which he is best fitted, and since
all state affairs are to become the affairs of God's kingdom it is
of primary importance that they should come into the hands of God's
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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 All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: boy, who is a whale to virginity, and devours up all the fry it
finds.
BERTRAM.
Damnable! both sides rogue!
FIRST SOLDIER.
[Reads.]
'When he swears oaths, bid him drop gold, and take it:
After he scores, he never pays the score;
Half won is match well made; match, and well make it;
He ne'er pays after-debts, take it before;
And say a soldier, 'Dian,' told thee this:
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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 Dreams by Olive Schreiner: Oh, lovely songs!"
No one asked where the birds had come from, nor how they had been caught;
but they danced and sang before them. And the hunter too was glad, for he
said:
"Surely Truth is among them. In time she will moult her feathers, and I
shall see her snow-white form."
But the time passed, and the people sang and danced; but the hunter's heart
grew heavy. He crept alone, as of old, to weep; the terrible desire had
awakened again in his breast. One day, as he sat alone weeping, it chanced
that Wisdom met him. He told the old man what he had done.
And Wisdom smiled sadly.
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