| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: diary brought about various changes of plan, and he knew that
even in the end a large amount of uncertainty must remain. By
Tuesday he had a definite line of action mapped out, and believed
he would try a trip to Dunwich within a week. Then, on Wednesday,
the great shock came. Tucked obscurely away in a corner of the
Arkham Advertiser was a facetious little item from the Associated
Press, telling what a record-breaking monster the bootleg whisky
of Dunwich had raised up. Armitage, half stunned, could only telephone
for Rice and Morgan. Far into the night they discussed, and the
next day was a whirlwind of preparation on the part of them all.
Armitage knew he would be meddling with terrible powers, yet saw
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Before Adam by Jack London: my meat-eating enemies. I was insane with love of her,
and with--anger, too, because she would not let me come
up with her. It was strange how this anger against her
seemed to be part of my desire for her.
As I have said, I forgot everything. In racing across
an open space I ran full tilt upon a colony of snakes.
They did not deter me. I was mad. They struck at me,
but I ducked and dodged and ran on. Then there was a
python that ordinarily would have sent me screeching to
a tree-top. He did run me into a tree; but the Swift
One was going out of sight, and I sprang back to the
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