| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: avoid a hand truck, or dray, or laden wagon. And yet the busy
men found time to greet him friendlily. "H'are you!" they said
genially. "H'are you this morning!"
He was marketwise enough to know that some of these busy people
were commission men, and some grocers, and some buyers, stewards,
clerks. It was a womanless thoroughfare. At the busiest
business corner, though, in front of the largest commission house
on the street, he saw a woman. Evidently she was transacting
business, too, for he saw the men bringing boxes of berries and
vegetables for her inspection. A woman in a plain blue skirt and
a small black hat.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: "YOU have a wife who spends her time and money gadding about
with----"
Jimmy's face showed a new alarm.
"--my wife," concluded Alfred.
Jimmy breathed a sigh of relief.
"I have a wife," said Alfred, "who spends her time and my money
gadding around with God knows whom. But I'll catch him!" he
cried with new fury. "Here," he said, pulling a roll of bills
from his pocket. "I'll bet you I'll catch him. How much do you
want to bet?"
Undesirous of offering any added inducements toward his own
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