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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: on his hand, fixed his gaze on the dull glass shade
of the lamp, and then a sensation which he had not
experienced since his childhood,--the pleasure of
going to sleep, and a drowsiness that was irresist-
ible--suddenly came over him.
"My wife will be here presently and will find
me asleep. No, I must not go to sleep," he
thought. He let his elbow drop down, laid his
cheek in the palm of his hand, made himself com-
fortable, and was so utterly happy that he only
felt a desire not to be aroused from this delight-
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