| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Disputation of the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther: populo.
15. [40] Contritionis veritas penas querit et amat, Veniarum autem
largitas relaxat et odisse facit, saltem occasione.
16. [41] Caute sunt venie apostolice predicande, ne populus false
intelligat eas preferri ceteris bonis operibus charitatis.
17. [42] Docendi sunt christiani, quod Pape mens non est,
redemptionem veniarum ulla ex parte comparandam esse operibus
misericordie.
18. [43] Docendi sunt christiani, quod dans pauperi aut mutuans
egenti melius facit quam si venias redimereet.
19. [44] Quia per opus charitatis crescit charitas et fit homo
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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 Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: light in a moment."
But going forward I met Ransome bringing up
the spare binnacle lamp. That man noticed
everything, attended to everything, shed comfort
around him as he moved. As he passed me he re-
marked in a soothing tone that the stars were com-
ing out. They were. The breeze was sweeping
clear the sooty sky, breaking through the indolent
silence of the sea.
The barrier of awful stillness which had encom-
passed us for so many days as though we had been
The Shadow Line |
