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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: reason he is an adept at driving a hard bargain[3]--glad enough to
take in, but loath to pay out.
[2] Or, "the money-lender? He has a passion for big money-bags."
[3] Or, "hard in all his dealings."
Cri. In my opinion he will prove even a worse fellow than the last.
Soc. Well! and what of that other whose passion for money-making is so
absorbing that he has no leisure for anything else, save how he may
add to his gains?
Cri. Hold aloof from him, say I, since there is no good to be got out
of him or his society.
Soc. Well! what of the quarrelsome and factious person[4] whose main
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