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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Herodias by Gustave Flaubert: clenched fist and his great body drawn to its full height, he launched
a bitter anathema at the city, with perfect faith that eventually his
curse must be effective.
Antipas listened, without appearing to be shocked at the strength of
the invectives.
When the Samaritan had become somewhat calmer, he returned to the
subject of the prisoner.
"Sometimes he grows excited," said he, "then he longs to escape or
talks about a speedy deliverance. At other times he is as quiet as a
sick animal, although I often find him pacing to and fro in his gloomy
dungeon, murmuring, 'In order that His glory may increase, mine must
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