The History of a Mouthful of Bread: And Its Effect On the Organization of Men And Animals
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But do not be alarmed ; there is no danger of the sort. Fire is not a present once made to man, but liable to be taken away from him at will. It is a law of na- ture which . existed before the human race came into being, and which will doubtless continue to exist when the human race shall have disappeared. The existence of fire is connected in the most intimate way with that of that great king of the world of whom we spoke last time — Oxygen. Fire is the wedding-feast of Oxygen with other subst...ances 1 When kings are married, what rejoicings there are 1 what a commotion 1 what illuminations I It is only right and proper, then, that the king of the world should have rejoicings and illuminations at his weddings also. And they have never been wanting. The rejoicings are the warmth which rejoices us ; the illuminations, the flame which gives us light. But man, in his dealings with Digitized by VjOOQ IC 176 COMBUSTION. nature, is an imperious subject, such as few earthly kings are troubled with — ^happily for theml Whenever he wants warmth and light he forces the king of the world to get married, and then takes advantage of the feast ; nothing worse than that.
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