| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 25: 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.
Psalms 25: 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalms 26: 1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Psalms 26: 2 Examine me, O LORD, and try me; test my reins and my heart.
Psalms 26: 3 For Thy mercy is before mine eyes; and I have walked in Thy truth.
Psalms 26: 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalms 26: 5 I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.
Psalms 26: 6 I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD,
Psalms 26: 7 That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.
Psalms 26: 8 LORD, I love the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwelleth.
Psalms 26: 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Love and Friendship by Jane Austen: and determined therefore to renew my attacks by Questions and
suppositions. "Do you intend staying long in this part of
England Miss Grenville?"
"Yes Ma'am, some time I beleive."
"But how will Mr and Mrs Grenville bear your absence?"
"They are neither of them alive Ma'am."
This was an answer I did not expect--I was quite silenced, and
never felt so awkward in my Life---.
LETTER the FIFTH
From a YOUNG LADY very much in love to her Freind
My Uncle gets more stingy, my Aunt more particular, and I more in
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