View Pit Stop page for race #39855 by imtiaz123 — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 90.78 wpm (108.66 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | October 2, 2020 2:00:53pm UTC |
| Race Finish | October 2, 2020 2:02:41pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 5) |
| Opponents |
2. iblasty (86.95 wpm) 5. seijuro808 (81.85 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 97.0% |
| Points | 240.58 |
| Text | #3551150 (Length: 822 characters) Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. |