| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: him he was going to "the place where ships are anchored that go to
Samoa," and led him to "a very magnificent house, with carriages
inside and a wonderful roof of glass"; to wit, the railway station.
They were benighted on the train, and then went in "something with
a house, drawn by horses, which had windows and many decks";
plainly an omnibus. Here (at Bremen or Bremerhaven, I believe)
they stayed some while in "a house of five hundred rooms"; then
were got on board the NURNBERG (as they understood) for Samoa,
anchored in England on a Sunday, were joined EN ROUTE by the famous
Dr. Knappe, passed through "a narrow passage where they went very
slow and which was just like a river," and beheld with exhilarated
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: TRINITY Test. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Los Alamos, NM.
June 14, 1945. 2 Pages.**
15. Palmer, T. O., Maj., USA. Evacuation Detachment at TRINITY.
[Manhattan Engineer District, Army Corps of Engineers.] [Los Alamos,
NM.] [18 July 1945.] 2 Pages.**
16. Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company, Inc. [Personnel
Radiation Exposures, 1945, 1946] Las Vegas, NV. Microfilm.****
17. Warren, S. L., COL., USA. Directions for Personnel at Base Camp
at Time of Shot. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Manhattan Engineer
District. [Alamogordo, NM.] 15 July 1945. 1 Page.**
18. Warren, S. L., COL, USA; Hempelmann, L. H., M.D. Extracts from:
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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 Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: want to go, but I can't do it. I hate to disappoint you if you're
set on it, but I've got to, kid. Anything else you want I'll be
glad to do."
He added this last because Frank looked so broken. hearted about
it.
"Very well." Swift as a flash came the demand: "Tell me these
heaps of first-rate reasons you were mentioning just now."
Under the sun-tan he flushed. "I reckon I'll have to make another
exception, Curly. Those reasons ain't ripe yet for telling."
"Then if you are--if anything happens--I'll never know them. And
you promised you would tell me--you, who pretend to hate a liar
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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 Herland by Charlotte Gilman: "Thousands--in a large city," said Jeff, "and nearly every
family has one in the country."
Terry broke in at this. "You must not imagine they are all
dangerous--it's not one in a hundred that ever bites anybody.
Why, they are the best friends of the children--a boy doesn't
have half a chance that hasn't a dog to play with!"
"And the girls?" asked Somel.
"Oh--girls--why they like them too," he said, but his voice flatted
a little. They always noticed little things like that, we found later.
Little by little they wrung from us the fact that the friend of
man, in the city, was a prisoner; was taken out for his meager
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