| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: vain to stop him, and drove at once to Park Lane. Sybil saw him
from the window, and something told her that he was the bearer of
good news. She ran down to meet him, and, when she saw his face,
she knew that all was well.
'My dear Sybil,' cried Lord Arthur, 'let us be married to-morrow!'
'You foolish boy! Why, the cake is not even ordered!' said Sybil,
laughing through her tears.
CHAPTER VI
WHEN the wedding took place, some three weeks later, St. Peter's
was crowded with a perfect mob of smart people. The service was
read in the most impressive manner by the Dean of Chichester, and
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: meeting at Dundee, the British Association illustrated in a striking
manner the function which he here describes as its principal one.
In my own case, a brotherly welcome was everywhere manifested.
In fact, the differences of really honourable and sane men are never
beyond healing.
Chapter 5.
Identity of electricities; first researches on electro-chemistry.
I have already once used the word 'discomfort' in reference to the
occasional state of Faraday's mind when experimenting. It was to
him a discomfort to reason upon data which admitted of doubt.
He hated what he called 'doubtful knowledge,' and ever tended either
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