| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: words in thine heart.
JOB 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou
shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
JOB 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as
the stones of the brooks.
JOB 22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have
plenty of silver.
JOB 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and
shalt lift up thy face unto God.
JOB 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee,
and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: audience. North was bored.
"If this isn't comfortable enough for you on the hottest August night
for five years," I said, a little sarcastically, "you might think
about the kids down in Delancey and Hester streets lying out on the
fire-escapes with their tongues hanging out, trying to get a breath of
air that hasn't been fried on both sides. The contrast might increase
your enjoyment."
"Don't talk Socialism," said North. "I gave five hundred dollars to
the free ice fund on the first of May. I'm contrasting these stale,
artificial, hollow, wearisome 'amusements' with the enjoyment a man
can get in the woods. You should see the firs and pines do skirt-
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