| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: She is not so infallible a markswoman, but that she might shoot at a crow
and kill a pigeon. She might peradventure miss the knight, and hit me,
who never did her any harm."
"Tut, tut, man," said brother Michael, "there is no such fear."
"Mass," said the little friar, "but there is such a fear,
and very strong too. You who have it not may keep your way,
and I who have it shall take mine. I am not just now in the vein
for being picked off at a long shot." And saying these words,
he spurred up his four-footed better half, and galloped off
as nimbly as if he had had an arrow singing behind him.
"Is this lady Matilda, then, so very terrible a damsel?"
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: turning in his grave at the knowledge that Mother and Rosemary are
comfortable now, in spite of his efforts. . . . In a way, I'm
sorry he's dead because he wanted to die--was so glad to die."
"Why?"
"Oh, he really died when Lee surrendered. You know the type. He
never could adjust himself to the new times and spent his time
talking about the good old days."
"Rhett, are all old folks like that?" She was thinking of Gerald
and what Will had said about him.
"Heavens, no! Just look at your Uncle Henry and that old wild cat,
Mr. Merriwether, just to name two. They took a new lease on life
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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 Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: "Do you see Mr. Haight?" she asked of Ridgeway. "I wanted to
favor him this break. I owe him two already, and he'll never
forgive me if I overlook him now."
Jerry Haight had gone to the hotel office for a few moments' rest
and a cigarette, and was nowhere in sight. But when the set
broke, and Miss Herrick, despairing of Jerry, had started out to
favor one of the younger ensigns, she suddenly jostled against
him, pushing his way eagerly across the floor in the direction of
the musicians' platform.
"Oh!" she cried, "Mr. Haight, you've missed your chance--I've been
looking for you."
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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 Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri: the special psychology of these criminals, as I have explained
elsewhere.
{Table printed in ``landscape'' mode was not OCR'd.}
FRANCE--CASES OF RELAPSE, 1877-81.
Amongst crimes against property, the most frequent relapses are
found in the case of thieves (not including thefts and breaches of
trust by domestic servants, which thus, proving their more
occasional character, confirm the agreement of statistics with
criminal psychology). The same thing is observed in regard to
forgers of commercial documents and to fraudulent bankrupts, who
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