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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: West and I were almost dead, and Dr. Halsey did die on the 14th.
The students all attended the hasty funeral on the 15th, and bought
an impressive wreath, though the latter was quite overshadowed
by the tributes sent by wealthy Arkham citizens and by the municipality
itself. It was almost a public affair, for the dean had surely
been a public benefactor. After the entombment we were all somewhat
depressed, and spent the afternoon at the bar of the Commercial
House; where West, though shaken by the death of his chief opponent,
chilled the rest of us with references to his notorious theories.
Most of the students went home, or to various duties, as the evening
advanced; but West persuaded me to aid him in "making a night
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