| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Sanitary and Social Lectures by Charles Kingsley: ball whirled them east. So north-eastward they rushed aloft,
across the gay West Indian isles, leaving below the glitter of the
flying-fish, and the sidelong eyes of cruel sharks; above the
cane-fields and the plantain-gardens, and the cocoa-groves which
fringe the shores; above the rocks which throbbed with
earthquakes, and the peaks of old volcanoes, cinder-strewn; while,
far beneath, the ghosts of their dead sisters hurried home upon
the north-east breeze.
Wild deeds they did as they rushed onward, and struggled and
fought among themselves, up and down, and round and backward, in
the fury of their blind hot youth. They heeded not the tree as
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Elizabeth and her German Garden by Marie Annette Beauchamp: December, 1898; March, May, and July, 1899 (twice); August
and October, 1899 (twice). New Edition with additions set up
and electrotyped July, 1900. Reprinted September, 1900.
New Edition with Illustrations, October, 1900.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The house from the southwest........ Frontispiece
April, May, and June. (Vignette)..... Title Page
Facing Page
The hall..................................... 4
The entrance to the garden................... 32
Filled with flowers for one woman by herself. 36
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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 Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: earnestly. "A million spears fell on me from the wall,
and several stones as big as mountains, yet none of
them hurt me!"
"The stones were not as big as mountains, sire," said
the Prince with a smile. "They were, indeed, no larger
than your head."
"Are you sure about that?" asked Rinkitink.
"Quite sure, Your Majesty."
"How deceptive those things are!" sighed the King.
"This argument reminds me of the story of Tom Tick,
which my father used to tell."
Rinkitink In Oz |
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 Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: reckoning with the king. So he ran to his first and truest
friend of all, and said, `Thou wottest, friend, that I ever
jeopardied my life for thy sake. Now to-day I require help in a
necessity that presseth me sore. In how many talents wilt thou
undertake to assist me now? What is the hope that I may count
upon at thy hands, O my dearest friend?' The other answered and
said unto him, `Man, I am not thy friend: I know not who thou
art. Other friends I have, with whom I must needs make merry
to-day, and so win their friendship for the time to come. But,
see, I present thee with two ragged garments, that thou mayest
have them on the way whereon thou goest, though they will do thee
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