| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: why. And the congregation sat partly clustered on the slope
below, and partly among the idolatrous monoliths and on the
turfy soil of the Ring itself. In truth the situation was
well qualified to give a zest to Christian doctrines, had
there been any wanted. But these congregations assembled
under conditions at once so formidable and romantic as made a
zealot of the most cold. They were the last of the faithful;
God, who had averted His face from all other countries of the
world, still leaned from heaven to observe, with swelling
sympathy, the doings of His moorland remnant; Christ was by
them with His eternal wounds, with dropping tears; the Holy
|
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: (with the exception of the garrisons of citadels) at the mustering
ground,[4] so named. That portion of the army within access of the
royal residence the king reviews in person; the remainder, living in
remoter districts of the empire, he inspects by proxy, sending certain
trusty representatives.[5] Wherever the commandants of garrisons, the
captains of thousands, and the satraps[6] are seen to have their
appointed members complete, and at the same time shall present their
troops equipped with horse and arms in thorough efficiency, these
officers the king delights to honour, and showers gifts upon them
largely. But as to those officers whom he finds either to have
neglected their garrisons, or to have made private gain of their
|
