| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: but the other caught him by the shoulder and twirled him around.
"Look here, Sheldon, I told you the Solomons were too small for the
pair of us, and I meant it."
"Is that an offer to buy Berande, lock, stock, and barrel?" Sheldon
queried.
"No, it isn't. It's an invitation to fight."
"But what the devil do you want to fight with me for?" Sheldon's
irritation was growing at the other's persistence. "I've no
quarrel with you. And what quarrel can you have with me? I have
never interfered with you. You were my guest. Miss Lackland is my
partner. If you saw fit to make love to her, and somehow failed to
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: goodness there's no imeedgit prospect of either Cain or Abel!
"After all, it won't be so bad up there. Not the scenery,
perhaps, or the air we get here, but--LIFE! We've got very
comfortable little rooms, very comfortable considering, and I
shall rise. We're not done yet, we're not beaten; don't think
that, George. I shall pay twenty shillings in the pound before
I've done--you mark my words, George,--twenty--five to you.... I
got this situation within twenty-four hours--others offered.
It's an important firm--one of the best in London. I looked to
that. I might have got four or five shillings a week
more--elsewhere. Quarters I could name. But I said to them
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