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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: such proofs abound, there is generally no lack of evidence on the
other side. The Bengali bears existence with a composure that
neither accident nor chance can ruffle. He becomes silently rich
or uncomplainingly poor. The emotional part of his nature is in
strict subjection, his resentment enduring but unspoken, his
gratitude of the sort that silently descends from generation to
generation. The. passion for privacy reaches its climax in the
domestic relations. An outer apartment, in even the humblest
households, is set apart for strangers and the transaction of
business, but everything behind it is a mystery. The most
intimate friend does not venture to make those commonplace kindly
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