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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: countenance, and kindly taking my hand, said, "My dearest friend,
you must calm yourself. These events have affected me,
God knows how deeply; but I am not so wretched as you are.
There is an expression of despair, and sometimes of revenge,
in your countenance that makes me tremble. Dear Victor, banish
these dark passions. Remember the friends around you, who centre all
their hopes in you. Have we lost the power of rendering you happy?
Ah! While we love, while we are true to each other, here in this
land of peace and beauty, your native country, we may reap every
tranquil blessing--what can disturb our peace?"
And could not such words from her whom I fondly prized before every
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