| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Historical Lecturers and Essays by Charles Kingsley: Archbishop proved, as early as 1819, by fair use of the criticism of
Mr. Hume and the Sceptic School, that the whole history of the great
Napoleon ought to be treated by wise men as a myth and a romance,
that there is little or no evidence of his having existed at all;
and that the story of his strange successes and strange defeats was
probably invented by our Government in order to pander to the vanity
of the English nation.
I will say this, which Archbishop Whately, in a late edition,
foreshadows, wittily enough--that if one or two thousand years
hence, when the history of the late Emperor Napoleon the Third, his
rise and fall, shall come to be subjected to critical analysis by
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: now. As you already know, I was graduated last De-
cember. I was sorry to hear of Pancracio's and Manteca's
fate, though I am not surprised that they stabbed each
other over the gambling table. It is a pity; they were
both brave men. I am deeply grieved not to be able to
tell Blondie how sincerely and heartily I congratulate
him for the only noble and beautiful thing he ever did
in his whole life: to have shot himself!
Dear Venancio, although you may have enough money
to purchase a degree, I am afraid you won't find it
very easy to become a doctor in this country. You know
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