According to the Englishman, how were the alchemists he read about changed by the years they spent "in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals" (81)?

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Answer: The alchemists gave up the vanities of the world and discovered how to purify themselves by the expenditure of time spent discovering how to purify metals. They also gave up materialistic and/or important things in order to live simple lives.

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