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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: me right. 0.6 of me is artist; 0.4, adventurer. First, I suppose,
come letters; then adventure; and since I have indulged the second
part, I think the formula begins to change: 0.55 of an artist,
0.45 of the adventurer were nearer true. And if it had not been
for my small strength, I might have been a different man in all
things,
Whatever you do, do not neglect to send me what you publish on
Villon: I look forward to that with lively interest. I have no
photograph at hand, but I will send one when I can. It would be
kind if you would do the like, for I do not see much chance of our
meeting in the flesh: and a name, and a handwriting, and an
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