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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: the dark lock back from his forehead with his
white, nervous hand. "What a hopeless posi-
tion you are in, Alexandra!" he exclaimed
feverishly. "It is your fate to be always sur-
rounded by little men. And I am no better than
the rest. I am too little to face the criticism of
even such men as Lou and Oscar. Yes, I am
going away; to-morrow. I cannot even ask you
to give me a promise until I have something to
offer you. I thought, perhaps, I could do that;
but I find I can't."
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