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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: "Like a Saratoga trunk?" asked Aurelia.
"No," said I. "Please do not refer to the lid. I
have a fancy that every city has a voice. Each one
has something to say to the one who can hear it.
What does the big one say to you? "
"All cities," said Aurelia, judicially, "say the
same thing. When they get through saying it
there is an echo from Philadelphia. So, they are
unanimous."
"Here are 4,000,000 people," said I, scholastic-
ally, "compressed upon an island, which is mostly
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