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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: moon, but they were none the warmer for her beams. And
Perseus pitied the three Gray Sisters; but they did not pity
themselves.
So he said, 'Oh, venerable mothers, wisdom is the daughter of
old age. You therefore should know many things. Tell me, if
you can, the path to the Gorgon.'
Then one cried, 'Who is this who reproaches us with old age?'
And another, 'This is the voice of one of the children of
men.'
And he, 'I do not reproach, but honour your old age, and I am
one of the sons of men and of the heroes. The rulers of
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