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excerpt from The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
I don't know if you have ever thought what a rare
thing flame must be in the absence of man and in a
temperate climate. The sun's heat is rarely strong
enough to burn, even when it is focused by
dewdrops, as is sometimes the case in more tropical
districts. Lightning may blast and blacken, but it rarely
gives rise to widespread fire. Decaying vegetation
may occasionally smoulder with the heat of its
fermentation, but this rarely results in flame. In this
decadence, too, the art of fire-making had been
forgotten on the earth. The red tongues that went
licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new
and strange thing to Weena.
The flame is a symbol of
A. an object of innovation
OB. a complicated problem.
c. a brilliant personality.
OD
an adventurous journey.
You ha

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