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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: was finished; but the secretary at once went on to the
description of the internal examination. The president's head
again dropped into his hand and he shut his eyes. The merchant
next to Nekhludoff could hardly keep awake, and now and then his
body swayed to and fro. The prisoners and the gendarmes sat
perfectly quiet.
The internal examination showed that:
"1. The skin was easily detachable from the bones of the skull,
and there was no coagulated blood.
"2. The bones of the skull were of average thickness and in sound
condition.
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