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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: symptoms. He saw that she was behaving unbecomingly, and
considered it his duty to tell her so. But it was very difficult
for him not to say more, to tell her nothing but that. He opened
his mouth to tell her she had behaved unbecomingly, but he could
not help saying something utterly different.
"What an inclination we all have, though, for these cruel
spectacles," he said. "I observe . . ."
"Eh? I don't understand," said Anna contemptuously.
He was offended, and at once began to say what he had meant to
say.
"I am obliged to tell you," he began.
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