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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: It was well for all that this peaceful time was given them
as preparation for the sad hours to come, for by-and-by, Beth
said the needle was `so heavy', and put it down forever. Talking
wearied her, faces troubled her, pain claimed her for its own,
and her tranquil spirit was sorrowfully perturbed by the ills
that vexed her feeble flesh. Ah me! Such heavy days, such long,
long nights, such aching hearts and imploring prayers, when those
who loved her best were forced to see the thin hands stretched out
to them beseechingly, to hear the bitter cry, "Help me, help me!"
and to feel that there was no help. A sad eclipse of the serene
soul, a sharp struggle of the young life with death, but both were
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