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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Death of the Lion by Henry James: A WEEK later, early in May, my glorified friend came up to town,
where, it may be veraciously recorded he was the king of the beasts
of the year. No advancement was ever more rapid, no exaltation
more complete, no bewilderment more teachable. His book sold but
moderately, though the article in THE EMPIRE had done unwonted
wonders for it; but he circulated in person to a measure that the
libraries might well have envied. His formula had been found - he
was a "revelation." His momentary terror had been real, just as
mine had been - the overclouding of his passionate desire to be
left to finish his work. He was far from unsociable, but he had
the finest conception of being let alone that I've ever met. For
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