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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: will henceforth have no other thought than your happiness."
"You see," resumed Cosette, all bathed in tears, "that Marius says
that you shall not die."
Jean Valjean continued to smile.
"Even if you were to take possession of me, Monsieur Pontmercy,
would that make me other than I am? No, God has thought like you
and myself, and he does not change his mind; it is useful for me
to go. Death is a good arrangement. God knows better than we what
we need. May you be happy, may Monsieur Pontmercy have Cosette,
may youth wed the morning, may there be around you, my children,
lilacs and nightingales; may your life be a beautiful, sunny lawn,
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