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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: muttered--
"When that day comes, and I am strong, I will hate everything that has
power, and help everything that is weak." And she bit her lip again.
The German looked out at the cabin door for the last time that night. Then
he paced the room slowly and sighed. Then he drew out pen and paper, and
sat down to write, rubbing his old grey eyes with his knuckles before he
began.
"My Chickens: You did not come to say good-bye to the old man. Might you?
Ah, well, there is a land where they part no more, where saints immortal
reign.
"I sit here alone, and I think of you. Will you forget the old man? When
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