• I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

  Jack London
  American writer (ps. by John Griffith Chaney) 1876-1916
  

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1. magnificent
2. permanent
3. dry-rot
4. superb
5. meteor
6. sleepy

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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. by : Jack London

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