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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: articles had to be supplied. My trunk contained more books than
boots, more blank paper than linen.
"`Two shirts will be enough,' said Abel: `you can wash one of them
any day, and dry it in the sun.'
"The supplies consisted mostly of flour, potatoes, and sugar.
There was a vegetable-garden in good condition, Mr. Shelldrake
said, which would be our principal dependence.
"`Besides, the clams!' I exclaimed unthinkingly.
"`Oh, yes!' said Eunice, `we can have chowder-parties: that will be
delightful!'
"`Clams! chowder! oh, worse than flesh!' groaned Abel. `Will you
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