| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell: the tide of pleasure-seekers, till, late at night, when at last you
turn reluctantly homeward, you feel as one does when wakened from
some too delightful dream.
Or instead of night, suppose it day and the place a temple. With
those who are entering you enter too through the outer gateway into
the courtyard. At the farther end rises a building the like of
which for richness of effect you have probably never beheld or even
imagined. In front of you a flight of white stone steps leads up to
a terrace whose parapet, also of stone, is diapered for half its
height and open latticework the rest. This piazza gives entrance to
a building or set of buildings whose every detail challenges the eye.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling: Then the children went in singing 'Farewell, Rewards
and Fairies' at the tops of their voices. They had forgotten
that they had not even said good-night to Puck.
The Children's Song
Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race.
Father in Heaven Who lovest all,
Oh, help Thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age
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