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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: snow-white palace, and they put a crown on his head and made a
king of him, just as they had made a king of Selim the Baker.
That night, at midnight, it happened just as it had happened
before. Suddenly, as the hour struck, the lights all went out,
and there was a moaning and a crying enough to make the heart
curdle. Then the door flew open, and in came the six terrible
black men with torches. They led Selim the Fisherman through damp
and dismal entries and passage-ways until they came to the
vaulted room of black marble, and there stood the beautiful
statue on its black pedestal. Then came the voice from above--"Selim! Selim! Selim!" it cried, "what
art thou doing? To-day is
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