The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: bent over her. She clasped her thin hands around his neck, kissed
him fondly, and cried, "Dear, dear David!"
"Dear Ruth," he said, "I came as soon as I could. I was far away,
among wild mountains, when I felt that Jonathan was calling me. I
knew that I must return, never to leave you more, and there was
still a little work to finish. Now we shall all live again!"
"Yes," said Jonathan, coming to her other side, "try to live,
Ruth!"
Her voice came clear, strong, and full of authority. "I DO live,
as never before. I shall take all my life with me when I go to
wait for one soul, as I shall find it there! Our love unites, not
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