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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: The next day, during the divinity lesson which
Father Michael was giving to Mitia Smokovni-
kov's class, he narrated the incident of the forged
coupon, adding that the culprit had been one of
the pupils of the school. "It was a very wicked
thing to do," he said; "but to deny the crime is
still worse. If it is true that the sin has been com-
mitted by one of you, let the guilty one confess."
In saying this, Father Michael looked sharply at
Mitia Smokovnikov. All the boys, following his
glance, turned also to Mitia, who blushed, and
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