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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: the conclusion that, wisest of men as he was, he still did not see
quite straight on this occasion. Between me and my twin sister,
enclosed in one body, there never was any struggle, but instinctive
reverence for life withheld both of us from fighting for existence.
Hers was the stronger temperament, and she sacrificed herself -
though not consciously - for me.
"As soon as I comprehended this, I made a vow never to eat or destroy
anything that contained life - and I have kept it ever since.
"While I was still hardly a grown man, my father died. My mother's
death followed immediately, and I hated the associations of the land.
I therefore made up my mind to travel into my mother's country,
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