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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: suddenly, to please him, changed not only the expression of her
face, but also the attitude of her mind; for she felt the wish to
please him as soon as she looked at him. She suddenly turned
serious, dissatisfied with her life, as if seeking and striving
after something; it was not that she pretended, but she really
reproduced in herself the very same state of mind that he was in,
although it would have been impossible for her to express in
words what was the state of Nekhludoff's mind at that moment.
She asked him how he had accomplished his tasks. He told her
about his failure in the Senate and his meeting Selenin.
"Oh, what a pure soul! He is, indeed, a chevalier sans peur et
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