| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 2 by Alexis de Toqueville: the name of Benjamin Franklin instead of James Franklin at the
bottom of its columns, and this manoeuvre was supported by public
opinion.
Appendix Q
The Federal Constitution has introduced the jury into the
tribunals of the Union in the same way as the States had
introduced it into their own several courts; but as it has not
established any fixed rules for the choice of jurors, the federal
courts select them from the ordinary jury list which each State
makes for itself. The laws of the States must therefore be
examined for the theory of the formation of juries. See Story's
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: The experienced police commissioner was pleased and yet slightly
angered at this behaviour on the part of the detective. He knew
that it was quite possible that Muller had already formed a clear
opinion about the case, and that he was merely keeping it to himself.
And yet he was glad to see that the little detective had apparently
learned a lesson from his recent mistake concerning the death of
Mrs. Kniepp - that he had somewhat lost confidence in his hitherto
unerring instinct, and did not care to express any opinion until he
had studied the matter a little closer. The commissioner was just
a little bit vain, and just a little bit jealous of this humble
detective's fame.
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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 The Koran: the unbelievers, and obey God and His Apostle, perchance ye may get
mercy. And vie with one another for pardon from your Lord, and for
Paradise, the breadth of which is as the heaven and the earth,
prepared for those who fear;- for those who expend in alms, in
prosperity and adversity, for those who repress their rage, and
those who pardon men; God loves the kind. Those who when they do a
crime, or wrong themselves, remember God, and ask forgiveness for
their sins,- and who forgives sins save God?- and do not persevere
in what they did, the while they know;- these have their reward:-
pardon from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow,
dwelling therein for aye; for pleasant is the hire of those who act
The Koran |
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 Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: "That old whaling-camp," prompted Moran. Then to Wilbur: "You
remember--about a hundred yards north the creek?"
Wilbur, Moran and Charlie had drawn off a little from the "Bertha
Millner's" crew. The latter squatted in a line along the shore--
silent, reserved, looking vaguely seaward through the night.
Moran spoke again, her scowl thickening:
"What makes you think the beach-combers want our schooner?"
"Him catch um schooner sure! Him want um boat to go home. No can
get."
"Let's put off to-night--right away," said Wilbur.
"Low tide," answered Moran; "and besides--Charlie, did you see
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