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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: instead of writing that warning letter, the very re-
finement of sympathy, why didn't the man make a
proper inspection? But, as a matter of fact, it was
hardly fair to blame the doctor. The fittings were
in order and the medicine chest is an officially ar-
ranged affair. There was nothing really to arouse
the slightest suspicion. The person I could never
forgive was myself. Nothing should ever be taken
for granted. The seed of everlasting remorse was
sown in my breast.
"I feel it's all my fault," I exclaimed, "mine and
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