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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: "I should imagine not. The rule of a woman is tyranny; but the rule of a
man-woman grinds fine. Where are you going?"
"Anywhere."
"What to do?"
"See--see everything."
"You will be disappointed."
"And were you?"
"Yes; and you will be more so. I want things that men and the world give,
you do not. If you have a few yards of earth to stand on, and a bit of
blue over you, and something that you cannot see to dream about, you have
all that you need, all that you know how to use. But I like to see real
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