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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: Godeschal, and frequently Desroches himself, pointed out to their
pupil authors to be looked through and difficulties to overcome. He
was not allowed to leave a single section of the Code until he had
thoroughly mastered it to the satisfaction of his chief and Godeschal,
who put him through preliminary examinations more searching and longer
than those of the law-school. On his return from his classes, where he
was kept but a short time, he went to his work in the office;
occasionally he was sent to the Palais, but always under the thumb of
the rigid Godeschal, till dinner. The dinner was that of his master,--
one dish of meat, one of vegetables, and a salad. The dessert
consisted of a piece of Gruyere cheese. After dinner, Godeschal and
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