| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: shepherds clung round him, and entreated him not to go.
But on he went nevertheless, till he could see both the seas
and the citadel of Corinth towering high above all the land.
And he past swiftly along the Isthmus, for his heart burned
to meet that cruel Sinis; and in a pine-wood at last he met
him, where the Isthmus was narrowest and the road ran between
high rocks. There he sat upon a stone by the wayside, with a
young fir-tree for a club across his knees, and a cord laid
ready by his side; and over his head, upon the fir-tops, hung
the bones of murdered men.
Then Theseus shouted to him, 'Holla, thou valiant pine-
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: I suspected the mate of his opinion of the captain long before he
expressed it. He was, I say, a taciturn man, but one day speech
broke through him. He had been sitting at the table with his
arms folded on it, musing drearily, pipe in mouth, and the voice
of the captain drifted down from above.
The mate lifted his heavy eyes to me and regarded me for a
moment. Then he began to heave with the beginnings of speech.
He disembarrassed himself of his pipe. I cowered with
expectation. Speech was coming at last. Before he spoke he
nodded reassuringly once or twice.
"E--"
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