| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: any change of heart in a married man who does not thus turn in sympathy
and longing towards his wife, and the more successful we are in dealing
with these people the more inevitable it is that we shall be confronted
with married couple's who in turn demand that we should provide for
them lodgings. This we propose to do also on a commercial footing.
I see greater developments in this direction, one of which will be
described in the chapter relating to Suburban Cottages.
The Model-lodging House for Married People is, however, one of
those things that must be provided as an adjunct of the Food and
Shelter Depots.
SECTION 2.--MODEL SUBURBAN VILLAGES.
In Darkest England and The Way Out |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Extracts From Adam's Diary by Mark Twain: I didn't, but went away in much haste. ... I found this place,
outside the Park, and was fairly comfortable for a few days, but
she has found me out. Found me out, and has named the place
Tonawanda--says it looks like that. In fact, I was not sorry she
came, for there are but meagre pickings here, and she brought some
of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It
was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real
force except when one is well fed. ... She came curtained in
boughs and bunches of leaves, and when I asked her what she meant
by such nonsense, and snatched them away and threw them down, she
tittered and blushed. I had never seen a person titter and blush
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: has given her. She tried to insult me by her look. She little
knows how far I am from such things now. A nice fellow, whom I
have known for a long time, asked me if I would have supper with
him and one of his friends, who, he said, was very anxious to
make my acquaintance. I smiled sadly and gave him my hand,
burning with fever. I never saw such an astonished countenance.
I came in at four, and had quite an appetite for my dinner. Going
out has done me good. If I were only going to get well! How the
sight of the life and happiness of others gives a desire of life
to those who, only the night before, in the solitude of their
soul and in the shadow of their sick-room, only wanted to die
Camille |
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 The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: After his disappearance from the scene--unlamented, to the best
of Julia's juvenile perceptions--there had been relatively
peaceful times in the book-shop and the home overhead,
yet there had existed always a recognized line of demarcation
running through the household. Julia and her father--a small,
hollow-chested, round-shouldered young man, with a pale,
anxious face and ingratiating manner, who had entered
the shop as an assistant, and remained as a son-in-law,
and was now the thinnest of unsubstantial memories--Julia
and this father had stood upon one side of this impalpable
line as Dabneys, otherwise as meek and tractable persons,
The Market-Place |
