| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: the Virginian's old bed here. "And I hope sleepin' in it will
bring me some of his luck," said Scipio. "Yu'd ought to've seen
us when he told us in his quiet way. Well," Scipio sighed a
little, "it must feel good to have your friends glad about you."
"Especially Trampas," said I. "The Judge knows about that," I
added.
"Knows, does he? What's he say?" Scipio drew me quickly out of
the bunk house."Says it's no business of his."
"Said nothing but that?" Scipio's curiosity seemed strangely
intense. "Made no suggestion? Not a thing?"
"Not a thing. Said he didn't want to know and didn't care."
The Virginian |
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 First Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln: reject propositions originated by others not especially chosen
for the purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would
wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment
to the Constitution--which amendment, however, I have not seen--has
passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall
never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States,
including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction
of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular
amendments so far as to say that, holding such a provision to now be
implied Constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express
and irrevocable.
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