| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from In the Cage by Henry James: her friend's guarantee of a life of elegance were not quite
definite: "Well, I see every one at MY place."
"Every one?"
"Lots of swells. They flock. They live, you know, all round, and
the place is filled with all the smart people, all the fast people,
those whose names are in the papers--mamma has still The Morning
Post--and who come up for the season."
Mrs. Jordan took this in with complete intelligence. "Yes, and I
dare say it's some of your people that I do."
Her companion assented, but discriminated. "I doubt if you 'do'
them as much as I! Their affairs, their appointments 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 Anabasis by Xenophon: in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.
The Anabasis is his story of the march to Persia
to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and
take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing
return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a
leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and
March 399 B.C.
PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a
four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though
there is doubt about some of these) is:
Anabasis |
