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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: ahead of him, turned round and ran back to
the man who was lying on the ground. He
did something for him and then resumed his
flight.
"What does all this mean? " asked the Tsar.
"These are the guards on the frontier, enforc-
ing the revenue laws. That man was killed to
protect the revenues of the State."
"Has he actually been killed? "
The guide again laid his hand upon the head of
the young Tsar, and again the Tsar lost conscious-
The Forged Coupon | 
