| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: street, he was abruptly aware of a great wagon shrouded in white
cloth, inside of which a bass drum was being furiously beaten.
On the cloth, in great letters, were the words:
"Vote for Lyman Derrick, Regular Republican Nominee for Governor
of California."
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The "Swanhilda" lifted and rolled slowly, majestically on the
ground swell of the Pacific, the water hissing and boiling under
her forefoot, her cordage vibrating and droning in the steady
rush of the trade winds. It was drawing towards evening and her
lights had just been set. The master passed Presley, who was
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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 Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: last. "Wouldst have us open a quarrel with the bachelors?"
"Nay," said Myles, gruffly. "I had thought that ye would all lend
me a hand in a pitched battle but now I see that ye ha' no
stomach for that. Ne'theless, I tell ye plainly I will not submit
longer to the bachelors. So now I will ask ye not to take any
venture upon yourselves, but only this: that ye will stand by me
when I do my fighting, and not let five or seven of them fall
upon me at once.
"There is Walter Blunt; he is parlous strong, said one of the
others, after a time of silence. "Methinks he could conquer any
two of us."
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