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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: found him, will plot and plan to throw him into your meshes?
Theod. Nay, what sort of meshes have I?
Soc. One you have, and a close-folding net it is,[11] I trow; to wit,
your own person; and inside it sits a soul that teaches you[12] with
what looks to please and with what words to cheer; how, too, with
smiles you are to welcome true devotion, but to exclude all wantons
from your presence.[13] It tells you, you are to visit your beloved in
sickness with solicitude, and when he has wrought some noble deed you
are greatly to rejoice with him; and to one who passionately cares for
you, you are to make surrender of yourself with heart and soul. The
secret of true love I am sure you know: not to love softly merely, but
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