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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Robert Louis Stevenson: cables; and Sir William was regarded by Fleeming, not only with the
'worship' (the word is his own) due to great scientific gifts, but
with an ardour of personal friendship not frequently excelled. To
their association, Fleeming brought the valuable element of a
practical understanding; but he never thought or spoke of himself
where Sir William was in question; and I recall quite in his last
days, a singular instance of this modest loyalty to one whom he
admired and loved. He drew up a paper, in a quite personal
interest, of his own services; yet even here he must step out of
his way, he must add, where it had no claim to be added, his
opinion that, in their joint work, the contributions of Sir William
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