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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Hero of Our Time by M.Y. Lermontov: valuable reminiscence for me.
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Grushnitski has called to see me to-day. He
flung himself upon my neck; he has been pro-
moted to be an officer. We drank champagne.
Doctor Werner came in after him.
"I do not congratulate you," he said to
Grushnitski.
"Why not?"
"Because the soldier's cloak suits you very well,
and you must confess that an infantry uniform,
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