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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: swells of the Divide, Alexandra hummed an old
Swedish hymn, and Emil wondered why his
sister looked so happy. Her face was so radiant
that he felt shy about asking her. For the first
time, perhaps, since that land emerged from
the waters of geologic ages, a human face was
set toward it with love and yearning. It seemed
beautiful to her, rich and strong and glorious.
Her eyes drank in the breadth of it, until her
tears blinded her. Then the Genius of the
Divide, the great, free spirit which breathes
O Pioneers! |
