The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: Helen had a word to say.
"I think not. I'll go out and see it first, anyhow," she said.
"But really, my dear young lady, it isn't at all necessary. Fact
is, I've already had an offer of a hundred thousand dollars for
it. Now, I should judge that a fair price "
"Very likely," his client interrupted, quietly. "But, you see, I
don't care to sell."
"Then what in the world are you going to do with it?"
"Run it."
"But, my dear Miss Messiter, it isn't an automobile or any other
kind of toy. You must remember that it takes a business head and
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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 Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: The Law is not to teach us another Law. When a person feels the full force
of the Law he is likely to think: I have transgressed all the commandments
of God; I am guilty of eternal death. If God will spare me I will change and
live right from now on. This natural but entirely wrong reaction to the
Law has bred the many ceremonies and works devised to earn grace and
remission of sins.
The Law means to enlarge my sins, to make me small, so that I may be
justified by faith in Christ. Faith is neither law nor word; but confidence in
Christ "who is the end of the law." How so is Christ the end of the Law?
Not in this way that He replaced the old Law with new laws. Nor is Christ
the end of the Law in a way that makes Him a hard judge who has to be
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