| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Philosophy 4 by Owen Wister: over the wall, and now and then the want wind brought down the fruit
blossoms all over the meadow. They fell from the tree where Bertie and
Billy lay, and the boys brushed them from their faces. Not very far
away was Blue Hill, softly shining; and crows high up in the air came
from it occasionally across here.
By one o'clock a change had come in Billy's room. Oscar during that
hour had opened his satchel of philosophy upon his lap and read his
notes attentively. Being almost word perfect in many parts of them, he
now spent his unexpected leisure in acquiring accurately the language of
still further paragraphs." The sharp line of demarcation which
Descartes drew between consciousness and the material world," whispered
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: The features were distorted by a deep - seated look of pain, despair,
and horror.
Oceaxe, without pausing, strolled lightly and lazily up to the
outermost shadows of the tree, some distance from the couch.
"We have met with an uplift," she remarked carelessly, looking toward
the youth.
He eyed her, but said nothing.
"How is your plant man getting on?" Her tone was artificial but
extremely beautiful. While waiting for an answer, she sat down on
the ground, her legs gracefully thrust under her body, and pulled
down the skirt of her robe. Maskull remained standing just behind
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