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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: For four years, Chris, I have lived only for you. Every moment was yours.
Waking, I loved you. Sleeping, I dreamed of you. Every act I have performed
was shaped by you, by the thought of you. Even my thoughts were moulded by
you, by the invisible presence of you. I had no end, petty or great, that you
were not there for me."
"I had no idea of imposing such slavery," he muttered.
"You imposed nothing. You always let me have my own way. It was you who were
the obedient slave. You did for me without offending me. You forestalled my
wishes without the semblance of forestalling; them, so natural and inevitable
was everything you did for me. I said, without offending me. You were no
dancing puppet. You made no fuss. Don't you see? You did not seem to do things
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