Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.β it is not true what some of the tales say, that the ground there burns forever, for i have been there. here and there were the marks and stains of the great burning, on the ruins, that is true. but they were old marks and old stains. it is not true either, what some of our priests say, that it is an island covered with fogs and enchantments. it is not. it is a great dead placeβgreater than any dead place we know. everywhere in it there are god-roads, though most are cracked and broken. everywhere there are the ruins of the high towers of the gods. how does visiting the place of the gods affect the narrator? he discovers that it is unwise to have an inquiring mind. he learns that there is nothing supernatural to fear in the destroyed city. he renounces everything he learned from the priests and his father. he understands that the past has nothing of interest for people of the present.
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Skill check questions rearrange the paragraphs below into the correct sequence. that's because engineers on the ultraclean project have invented a self-cleaning, antibacterial metal surface that repels water with an intricate layer of laser-engraved valleys. when it rains, the lotus does not become damp; the water simply trickles off in fat droplets, taking any bugs and dirt with it. the drudgery may not be around much longer, however, if a team of italian scientists has anything to do with it βit's simply an amazing plant,β concluded professor luca romoli, leader of the project, βand we've succeeded in mimicking it. magnifico! β few tasks in life hold less joy than scrubbing the ghost of somebody elseβs porridge from a saucepan. the starting point for the research was the leaves of the lotus flower.
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In the first line of each stanza, the author follows the pattern of a noun followed by a pair of adjectives. what is the purpose of this pattern?
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