London
In Our Time
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The Great Fire
London always is dependent on fire as a system of writing. The color of London has always been red. Boorhays were marked upon this, although he was blind when he came to London. He saw red. And all of the institutions and the civic, administrative and social affairs of London are conducted in red or scarred. A fire is in one way a sort of beatific confirmation of London's color. There have been so many fires. It was amazing. We're back to the notion of places that are unlucky. But still these plans are beautiful in themselves. They are beautiful in itself.
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