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For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater is quicker than that of the less, just as the downward movement of a mass of gold or lead, or of any other body endowed with weight, is quicker in proportion to its size.

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Edmund Leach

Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.

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