The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: were, complaining to him of her suffering. And for the first
minute, from habit, it seemed to him that he was to blame. But in
her eyes there was a tenderness that told him that she was far
from reproaching hind that she loved him for her sufferings. "If
not I, who is to blame for it?" he thought unconsciously, seeking
some one responsible for this suffering for him to punish; but
there was no one responsible. She was suffering, complaining, and
triumphing in her sufferings, and rejoicing in them, and loving
them. He saw that something sublime was being accomplished in her
soul, but what? He could not make it out. It was beyond his
understanding.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: bed, and Mrs. Darling was puzzling over them when Wendy said with
a tolerant smile:
"I do believe it is that Peter again!"
"Whatever do you mean, Wendy?"
"It is so naughty of him not to wipe his feet," Wendy said,
sighing. She was a tidy child.
She explained in quite a matter-of-fact way that she thought
Peter sometimes came to the nursery in the night and sat on the
foot of her bed and played on his pipes to her. Unfortunately
she never woke, so she didn't know how she knew, she just knew.
"What nonsense you talk, precious. No one can get into the
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