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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: had been detected in a disgraceful act. I dropped
my eyes, and quickly hurried home. All the way
I had the drums beating and the fifes whistling in
my ears. And I heard the words, 'Brothers, have
mercy on me!' or 'Will you pat him? Will
you?' My heart was full of physical disgust that
was almost sickness. So much so that I halted sev-
eral times on my way, for I had the feeling that I
was going to be really sick from all the horrors
that possessed me at that sight. I do not remem-
ber how I got home and got to bed. But the mo-
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