If I understand correctly, they are words that are used to compare things.
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I believe it’s A.) Where does the text take place?
<span>To ask how much longer the professor will live is to ask how much longer we must wait for the blessings of another world war.
"blessings" being the key word, because a world war would not bring blessings, but devastation. </span>
