From Slaves to Sharecroppers common lit

Why does lewis thomas express concern about what we would say to beings from another planet

What does brutus say that anticipates the question of why the crowd should listen to mark antony? o a. not that i lov'd caesar less, but that i lov'd rome more. o b. and, for my sake, stay here with antony. do grace to caesar's corpse, and grace his speech. o c. i thrice presented him a kingly crown, / which he did thrice refuse. was this ambition? od. i come to bury caesar, not to praise him.

“to build a fire” what is happening to the mans fingers and toes