| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: "Oh, I daresay they know; they were so very clever.
But these fashionable novels," said Lord Lambeth, "they are
awful rot, you know."
His companion looked at him a moment with her dark blue eyes, and then
she looked down in the chasm where the water was tumbling about.
"Do you mean Mrs. Gore, for instance?" she said presently,
raising her eyes.
"I am afraid I haven't read that, either," was the young
man's rejoinder, laughing a little and blushing.
"I am afraid you'll think I am not very intellectual."
"Reading Mrs. Gore is no proof of intellect. But I like
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: "Monsieur, to Belle-Isle."
"Ah! ah!" said D'Artagnan, in the same tone he had assumed
to tell the printer that his character interested him; "are
they building at Belle-Isle, then?"
"Why, yes, monsieur, M. Fouquet has the walls of the castle
repaired every year."
"Is it in ruins, then?"
"It is old."
"Thank you."
"The fact is," said D'Artagnan to himself, "nothing is more
natural; every proprietor has a right to repair his own
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