The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: there for me? . . . I know I shall not be fit for work....
'I do not see why life should be judged by its last trailing
thread of vitality.... I know it for the splendid thing it is--I
who have been a diseased creature from the beginning. I know it
well enough not to confuse it with its husks. Remember that,
Gardener, if presently my heart fails me and I despair, and if I
go through a little phase of pain and ingratitude and dark
forgetfulness before the end.... Don't believe what I may say at
the last.... If the fabric is good enough the selvage doesn't
matter. It can't matter. So long as you are alive you are just
the moment, perhaps, but when you are dead then you are all your
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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 Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: you; and though you never take my advice, you sometimes admit
afterwards that you ought to have taken it.
MRS WARREN. Well, what do you notice now?
PRAED. Only that Vivie is a grown woman. Pray, Kitty, treat her
with every respect.
MRS WARREN [with genuine amazement] Respect! Treat my own
daughter with respect! What next, pray!
VIVIE [appearing at the cottage door and calling to Mrs Warren]
Mother: will you come to my room before tea?
MRS WARREN. Yes, dearie. [She laughs indulgently at Praed's
gravity, and pats him on the cheek as she passes him on her way
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