| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: beyond. Speculation was discouraged. For two hundred years
the Eastern Hemisphere had been wiped from the maps and
histories of Pan-America. Its mention in fiction, even, was
forbidden.
Our ships of peace patrol thirty and one hundred seventy-
five. What ships from beyond they have warned only the
secret archives of government show; but, a naval officer
myself, I have gathered from the traditions of the service
that it has been fully two hundred years since smoke or sail
has been sighted east of 30d or west of 175d. The fate of
the relinquished provinces which lay beyond the dead lines
Lost Continent |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: shut, and there was neither lock nor key to it. Upon the door
were written these words in letters of flame:
"Behold! Beyond this door is that alone which shall satisfy all
thy desires."
"Tell me, Zadok," said the young man, after he had filled his
soul with all the other wonders that surrounded him--"tell me
what is there that lies beyond that door?"
"That I am forbidden to tell thee, O master!" said the King of
the Demons of the Earth.
"Then open the door for me," said the young man; "for I cannot
open it for myself, as there is neither lock nor key to it."
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