The fly in this exert would have been in danger if the prayer wasn't going on. in this exert it says promptly "<span> As indeed it was;for as sorely at Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare-he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing wile prayer was going on." meaning the only thing that saved the fly's life was the prayer that was going on, otherwise the boy would have grabbed it.</span><span />
It was the French philosopher and writer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
