| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: quam adpetierit. Quod multitudinem Germanorum in Galliam traducat, id se
sui muniendi, non Galliae oppugnandae causa facere; eius rei testimonium
esse quod nisi rogatus non venerit et quod bellum non intulerit sed
defenderit. Se prius in Galliam venisse quam populum Romanum. Numquam
ante hoc tempus exercitum populi Romani Galliae provinciae finibus
egressum. Quid sibi vellet? Cur in suas possessiones veniret?
Provinciam suam hanc esse Galliam, sicut illam nostram. Ut ipsi concedi
non oporteret, si in nostros fines impetum faceret, sic item nos esse
iniquos, quod in suo iure se interpellaremus. Quod fratres a senatu
Haeduos appellatos diceret, non se tam barbarum neque tam imperitum esse
rerum ut non sciret neque bello Allobrogum proximo Haeduos Romanis
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Ballads by Robert Louis Stevenson: "Farewell, my home," said Rua. "Farewell, O quiet seat!
To-morrow in all your valleys the drum of death shall beat."
III. THE FEAST
DAWN as yellow as sulphur leaped on the naked peak,
And all the village was stirring, for now was the priest to speak.
Forth on his terrace he came, and sat with the chief in talk;
His lips were blackened with fever, his cheeks were whiter than chalk;
Fever clutched at his hands, fever nodded his head,
But, quiet and steady and cruel, his eyes shone ruby-red.
In the earliest rays of the sun the chief rose up content;
Braves were summoned, and drummers; messengers came and went;
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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 Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: Caesari ad pedes proiecerunt: non minus se id contendere et laborare ne
ea quae dixissent enuntiarentur quam uti ea quae vellent impetrarent,
propterea quod, si enuntiatum esset, summum in cruciatum se venturos
viderent. Locutus est pro his Diviciacus Haeduus: Galliae totius
lactiones esse duas; harum alterius principatum tenere Haeduos, alterius
Arvernos. Hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos
contenderent, factum esse uti ab Arvernis Sequanisque Germani mercede
arcesserentur. Horum primo circiter milia XV Rhenum transisse; postea
quam agros et cultum et copias Gallorum homines feri ac barbari
adamassent, traductos plures; nunc esse in Gallia ad C et XX milium
numerum. Cum his Haeduos eorumque clientes semel atque iterum armis
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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 The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: damned Demetrio. Take the key, it's lying on that table,
there!"
Luis Cervantes searched in vain all over the house.
"Come on, tell me all about your girl."
Nervously, Luis Cervantes continued to look for the key.
"Come on, don't be in such a hurry, I'll give it to you.
Come along, tell me; I like to hear about these things,
you know. That girl is your kind, she's not a country per-
son like us."
"I've nothing to say. She's my girl and we're going to
get married, that's all."
The Underdogs |
