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"THE REVEALED WORD."
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Question-Why do not they all move along at one and the same time ? Answer -
TEXT (2756).
- THE PATH BEING OBSTRUCTED BY THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE, THE OTHERS DO NOT GO FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME ; AS THE PREVIOUS ONES GO ON MAKING ROOM, SO THE LATER
ONES PROCEED FORWARD."-(2756)
COMMENTARY.
Question. If the said portions of the Flame are capable of moving about, why do not they burn the grass or cotton that lies near it ? Answer :
TEXT (2757).
"EVEN THOUGH THEY MOVE ABOUT, THEY DO NOT OPERATE UPON
THE GRASS AND OTHER THINGS.” -(2757)
COMMENTARY.
What is meant is that it is only when the Flame is in the massed form that it becomes operative, not when it is scattered about.-(2757)
The answer to the above is as follows:
TEXT (2757 Second Half).
ALL THIS IS MERE ASSUMPTION; AS NO PROOF FOR IT HAS BEEN
ADDUCED.-(2757)
COMMENTARY.
Granting (for the sake of argument) what the other party has said, the Author points out defects in their argument :
TEXT (2758). FURTHER, SO LONG AS THE POTENCY (OF THE FLAMES) REMAINS UNAFFECTED, WHEN THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH GRASS, COTTON AND SUCH THINGS,—THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE BEING BURNT DOES NOT CEASE; AS
BEFORE.-(2758)
COMMENTARY.
So long as, etc.'-of the parts of the Flame.
As before '-as in the massed state ;-there being no difference between the flame in the two states.-(2758)
