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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: above whose colossal doorway was fixed a monstrous symbol in bas-relief
which made one shudder without knowing its meaning. This was the
central tower with the sign of Koth, and those huge stone steps
just visible through the dusk within were the beginning of the
great flight leading to upper dreamland and the enchanted wood.
There now began a climb of interminable length in utter blackness:
made almost impossible by the monstrous size of the steps, which
were fashioned for Gugs, and were therefore nearly a yard high.
Of their number Carter could form no just estimate, for he soon
became so worn out that the tireless and elastic ghouls were forced
to aid him. All through the endless climb there lurked the peril
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