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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: gentlemen rise superior, in their own opinion, to this;
but if the contempt which they contract for their coun-
try is the most valuable acquisition of their travels, I
am far from thinking that their time and money are
well spent.
MARIA
What noble sentiments!
CHARLOTTE
Let my brother set out where he will in the fields of
conversation, he is sure to end his tour in the temple
of gravity.
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