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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: lying still. You see this?' he continued, pulling up a
withered rush. 'I break it in three. I shall put each
separately at the top of the upper fall, and according as
they go by your way or by the other I shall guide my life.'
'This is very silly,' said Nance, with a movement of her
shoulders.
'I do not think it so,' said Mr. Archer.
'And then,' she resumed, 'if you are to try your fortune, why
not evenly?'
'Nay,' returned Mr. Archer with a smile, 'no man can put
complete reliance in blind fate; he must still cog the dice.'
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