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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: difference would it make to my neighbour if the world fell in! The
village could be blown up with dynamite, without her losing her
head for such a trifle. She would calmly go on with her web.
Let us return to the Spider manufacturing her net under the usual
tranquil conditions. The great spiral has been finished, abruptly,
on the confines of the resting-floor. The central cushion, a mat
of ends of saved thread, is next pulled up and eaten. But, before
indulging in this mouthful, which closes the proceedings, two
Spiders, the only two of the order, the Banded and the Silky
Epeira, have still to sign their work. A broad, white ribbon is
laid, in a thick zigzag, from the centre to the lower edge of the
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