| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: person in the county. The heavy measure had escaped from his
hands, splashing the wine high upon the wall. Paradou caught
it. 'And you?' he roared to his wife, giving her the same
name in the feminine, and he aimed at her the deadly missile.
She expected it, motionless, with radiant eyes.
But before it sped, Paradou was met by another adversary, and
the unconscious rivals stood confronted. It was hard to say
at that moment which appeared the more formidable. In
Paradou, the whole muddy and truculent depths of the half-man
were stirred to frenzy; the lust of destruction raged in him;
there was not a feature in his face but it talked murder.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: eggs are poison to Nomes?"
"Really," said the Scarecrow, "they DON'T seem to agree with you,
although I wonder why."
"They were strictly fresh and above suspicion," said Billina. "You
ought to be glad to get them."
"I'll transform you all into scorpions!" cried the King, angrily, and
began waving his arms and muttering magic words.
But none of the people became scorpions, so the King stopped and
looked at them in surprise.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Why, you are not wearing your magic belt," replied the Chief Steward,
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