| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: well-reasoned devices, his manifold precautions, he would never
capture the quarry at all; since the antagonists he deals with are
doing battle for bare life and in their native haunts,[26] and are
consequently in great force. So that if he fails to overmatch the
beasts by a zest for toil transcending theirs and plentiful
intelligence, the huntsman's labours are in vain.
[15] Or, "surrender themselves heedlessly to the ways of self-
seeking." But the phraseology here seems to savour of extreme
youth, or else senility.
[16] {enthumethenta}. Query, in reference to {enthumemata} above?
[17] Reading {andron}. For the vulg. {auton} see Schneid. ad loc., who
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: safety, if there is any safety in this blood-stained land.'
CHAPTER XXIII
THOMAS IS MARRIED
Otomie turned and went. I watched the golden curtains close behind
her; then I sank back upon the couch and instantly was lost in
sleep, for I was faint and weak, and so dazed with weariness, that
at the time I scarcely knew what had happened, or the purpose of
our talk. Afterwards, however, it came back to me. I must have
slept for many hours, for when I awoke it was far on into the
night. It was night but not dark, for through the barred window
places came the sound of tumult and fighting, and red rays of light
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