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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: profile. The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on
the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at
present. Algernon!
ALGERNON. Yes, Aunt Augusta!
LADY BRACKNELL. There are distinct social possibilities in Miss
Cardew's profile.
ALGERNON. Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the
whole world. And I don't care twopence about social possibilities.
LADY BRACKNELL. Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon.
Only people who can't get into it do that. [To CECILY.] Dear
child, of course you know that Algernon has nothing but his debts
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