| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: were all occupeed wi' sants and martyrs, the saut of the yearth, of
which it wasnae worthy. And though Tam Dale carried a firelock there,
a single sodger, and liked a lass and a glass, as I was sayin,' the
mind of the man was mair just than set with his position. He had
glints of the glory of the kirk; there were whiles when his dander rase
to see the Lord's sants misguided, and shame covered him that he should
be haulding a can'le (or carrying a firelock) in so black a business.
There were nights of it when he was here on sentry, the place a'
wheesht, the frosts o' winter maybe riving in the wa's, and he would
hear ane o' the prisoners strike up a psalm, and the rest join in, and
the blessed sounds rising from the different chalmers - or dungeons, I
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Charmides by Plato: Quite true.
And medicine is distinguished from other sciences as having the subject-
matter of health and disease?
Yes.
And he who would enquire into the nature of medicine must pursue the
enquiry into health and disease, and not into what is extraneous?
True.
And he who judges rightly will judge of the physician as a physician in
what relates to these?
He will.
He will consider whether what he says is true, and whether what he does is
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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 Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: "She was here just now," he said a little impatiently. "You
don't hear her, do you?" and they both listened.
"The only sound I hear," said Wendy, "is like a tinkle of
bells."
"Well, that's Tink, that's the fairy language. I think I hear
her too."
The sound come from the chest of drawers, and Peter made a
merry face. No one could ever look quite so merry as Peter, and
the loveliest of gurgles was his laugh. He had his first laugh
still.
"Wendy," he whispered gleefully, "I do believe I shut her up in
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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 Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: aided by a large number of volunteers, shows that only a small
percentage of mental defectives and morons are in the care of
institutions. The rest are widely scattered and their condition
unknown or neglected. They are docile and submissive. they do not
attract attention to themselves as do the criminal delinquents and the
insane. Nevertheless, it is estimated that they number no less than
75,000 men, women, and children, out of a total population of 783,000,
or about ten per cent. Oregon, it is thought, is no exception to
other states. Yet under our present conditions, these people are
actually encouraged to increase and multiply and replenish the earth.
Concerning the importance of the Oregon survey, we may quote Surgeon
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