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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: with her head a little on one side. "Too kind," she said very
softly.
"There was a sort of dishonesty in his kindness. He would not
let you have the bitter truth. He would not say he did not
love you. . . .
"He was too kind to life ever to call it the foolish thing it
is. He took it seriously because it takes itself seriously.
He worked for it and killed himself with work for
it . . . . "
She turned to Dr. Martineau and her face was streaming with
tears. "And life, you know, isn't to be taken seriously. It
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