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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: prepare my mind for my approaching nuptials. The day drew
near when my bridegroom was to visit me, and gratitude and
fear alike obliged me to consent. A son of Doctor
Grierson's, be he what he pleased, must still be young, and
it was even probable he should be handsome; on more than
that, I felt I dared not reckon; and in moulding my mind
towards consent I dwelt the more carefully on these physical
attractions which I felt I might expect, and averted my eyes
from moral or intellectual considerations. We have a great
power upon our spirits; and as time passed I worked myself
into a frame of acquiescence, nay, and I began to grow
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