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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: slightest hints, preferred to look upon himself as the victim not
of a swindle but of a rough man naively engaged in a contest with
heaven's injustice. D'Alcacer did not examine his heart, but some
lines of a French poet came into his mind, to the effect that in
all times those who fought with an unjust heaven had possessed
the secret admiration and love of men. He didn't go so far as
love but he could not deny to himself that his feeling toward
Lingard was secretly friendly and--well, appreciative. Mr.
Travers sat up suddenly. What a horrible nuisance, thought
d'Alcacer, fixing his eyes on the tips of his shoes with the hope
that perhaps the other would lie down again. Mr. Travers spoke.
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