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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: that I fell into a most undiplomatical rage; and
when I found myself played with from month to
month by a people I scorned as a grotesque mix-
ture of barbarian and mannikin, I was alternately
infuriated, and consumed with laughter at the van-
ity of men and nations."
His voice dropped from its light ironical note,
and became harsh and abrupt with reminiscent dis-
gust. "And the end of it all was failure. The
superb presents of the Tsar were rejected. These
presents: coats of black fox and ermine, vases of
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