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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lock and Key Library by Julian Hawthorne, Ed.: more than that of men, to be sustained by hope; and that it droops
more certainly in the presence of a MYSTERIOUS danger. The fancy
of women is more active, if not stronger, and it influences more
directly the physical nature. In this case few were the women who
made even a show of defying the danger. On the contrary, with THEM
fear took the form of sadness, while with many of the men it took
that of wrath.
And how did the Russian guardsman conduct himself amidst this
panic? Many were surprised at his behavior; some complained of it;
I did neither. He took a reasonable interest in each separate
case, listened to the details with attention, and, in the
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