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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: ferent, and they will not even let us live in the
holes with the badgers. Only your great pros-
perity has protected me so far. If you had had
ill-fortune, they would have taken me to Has-
tings long ago."
As Ivar talked, his gloom lifted. Alexandra
had found that she could often break his fasts
and long penances by talking to him and let-
ting him pour out the thoughts that troubled
him. Sympathy always cleared his mind, and
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