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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy: proud himself.
"Náshenka's¹ sister had a footman called Forna.
When he got drunk, he used to get under the staircase, tuck in his
legs, and lie down. One day they came and told him that the
countess was calling him. 'She can come and find me if she wants
me,' he answered.
"Lyovótchka is just the same. When Dolgóruky
sent his chief secretary Istómin to ask him to come and have
a talk with him about Syntáyef, the sectarian, do you know
what he answered?
"'Let him come here, if he wants me.' Isn't that just the
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