| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Smalcald Articles by Dr. Martin Luther: pass] that the Mass will then collapse of itself, not only
among the insane [rude] common people, but also among all
pious, Christian, reasonable, God-fearing hearts; and that the
more, when they would hear that the Mass is a [very] dangerous
thing, fabricated and invented without the will and Word of
God.
Fourthly. Since such innumerable and unspeakable abuses have
arisen in the whole world from the buying and selling of
masses, the Mass should by right be relinquished, if for no
other purpose than to prevent abuses, even though in itself it
had something advantageous and good. How much more ought we to
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: passage to China which should avoid the dangers of the Spanish
seas; and Anthony Jenkinson, not the least of English travellers,
had, in six-and-twenty years of travel in behalf of the Muscovite
Company, penetrated into not merely Russia and the Levant, but
Persia and Armenia, Bokhara, Tartary, Siberia, and those waste
Arctic shores where, thirty years before, the brave Sir Hugh
Willoughby,
"In Arzina caught,
Perished with all his crew."
Everywhere English commerce, under the genial sunshine of
Elizabeth's wise rule, was spreading and taking root; and as Don
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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 Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: bow, he offered his own seat in the first automobile. "I am going to walk
in any case," he assured her.
"One gentleman among them," I heard John Mayrant mutter behind me.
Miss La Heu declined, the chorus urged, but Beverly (who was indeed a
gentleman, every inch of him) shook his head imperceptibly at Charley;
and while the little exclamations--"Do come! So much more comfortable! So
nice to see more of you!"--dropped away, Miss La Heu had settled her
problem quite simply for herself. A little procession of vehicles,
townward bound, had gathered on the bridge, waiting until the closing of
the draw should allow them to continue upon their way. From these most of
the occupants had descended, and were staring with avidity at us all; the
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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 Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: Chamber without asking Rastignac what he promised to tell you about a
suit you are to render a decision on two days hence. It concerns my
cousin here; I'll go and see you to-morrow morning early about it."
The three friends followed the three deputies, at a distance, into the
lobby.
"Cousin, look at those two men," said Leon, pointing out to him a
former minister and the leader of the Left Centre. "Those are two men
who really have 'the ear of the Chamber,' and who are called in jest
ministers of the department of the Opposition. They have the ear of
the Chamber so completely that they are always pulling it."
"It is four o'clock," said Bixiou, "let us go back to the rue de
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