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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: I have often been told that."
"Well, that 's very good. But there is another way," added Felix, smiling:
"to look at it as an opportunity."
"An opportunity--yes," said Gertrude. "One would get more pleasure that way."
"I don't attempt to say anything better for it than that it
has been my own way--and that is not saying much!"
Felix had laid down his palette and brushes; he was leaning back,
with his arms folded, to judge the effect of his work.
"And you know," he said, "I am a very petty personage."
"You have a great deal of talent," said Gertrude.
"No--no," the young man rejoined, in a tone of cheerful impartiality,
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