| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: Morris reperused this literary trifle with approbation. 'Terse,'
he reflected. 'Something to his advantage is not strictly true;
but it's taking and original, and a man is not on oath in an
advertisement. All that I require now is the ready cash for my
own meals and for the advertisement, and--no, I can't lavish
money upon John, but I'll give him some more papers. How to raise
the wind?'
He approached his cabinet of signets, and the collector suddenly
revolted in his blood. 'I will not!' he cried; 'nothing shall
induce me to massacre my collection--rather theft!' And dashing
upstairs to the drawing-room, he helped himself to a few of his
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: ready to start to Tahiti, where a lot of repairs and refitting for
the Miele were necessary, when poor Dad came down sick and died."
"And you were left all alone?"
Joan nodded.
"Very much alone. I had no brothers nor sisters, and all Dad's
people were drowned in a Kansas cloud-burst. That happened when he
was a little boy. Of course, I could go back to Von. There's
always a home there waiting for me. But why should I go? Besides,
there were Dad's plans, and I felt that it devolved upon me to
carry them out. It seemed a fine thing to do. Also, I wanted to
carry them out. And . . . here I am.
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