| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: "And what would you do to turn away the bitterness of the hour?"
again demanded Murdoch; "I care not for what cause ye mean to
shun it."
"I would do what a man might do, and still call himself a man."
"Do you call yourself a man," said the interrogator, "who have
done the deeds of a wolf?"
"I do," answered the outlaw; "I am a man like my forefathers--
while wrapt in the mantle of peace, we were lambs--it was rent
from us, and ye now call us wolves. Give us the huts ye have
burned, our children whom ye have murdered, our widows whom ye
have starved--collect from the gibbet and the pole the mangled
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: Toil through the hottest day.
Crush pride into the dust,
Or thou must needs be slack;
And trample down rebellious lust,
Or it will hold thee back.
Seek not thy honour here;
Waive pleasure and renown;
The world's dread scoff undaunted bear,
And face its deadliest frown.
To labour and to love,
To pardon and endure,
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