| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The United States Bill of Rights: to header material.
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The United States Bill of Rights.
The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Passed by Congress September 25, 1789
Ratified December 15, 1791
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: sold out, then; you have retired from business?"
"I have made over my hand to a friend; when I feel disposed,
I can take up the cards again. I dare say that a twelvemonth hence
the operation will be reversed. The pendulum will swing back again.
I shall be sitting in a gondola or on a dromedary, and all of a sudden
I shall want to clear out. But for the present I am perfectly free.
I have even bargained that I am to receive no business letters."
"Oh, it's a real caprice de prince," said Tristram. "I back out; a poor
devil like me can't help you to spend such very magnificent leisure as that.
You should get introduced to the crowned heads."
39 Newman looked at him a moment, and then, with his easy smile,
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