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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: transform her to this stone," said Zadok.
"And tell me," said the young man, "can she never become alive
again?"
"She can become alive, and it lies with you to make her alive,"
said the Demon. "Listen, O master. Thy father possessed a wand,
half of silver and half of gold. Whatsoever he touched with
silver became converted to stone, such as thou seest all around
thee here; but whatsoever, O master, he touched with the gold, it
became alive, even if it were a dead stone."
"Tell me, Zadok," cried the young man; "I command you to tell me,
where is that wand of silver and gold?"
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