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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: Godall. - By the way,' he added, as Challoner lit his cigar,
'how did you get on with the detective trade?'
'I did not try,' said Challoner curtly.
'Ah, well, I did,' returned Somerset, 'and made the most
incomparable mess of it: lost all my money and fairly
covered myself with odium and ridicule. There is more in
that business, Challoner, than meets the eye; there is more,
in fact, in all businesses. You must believe in them, or get
up the belief that you believe. Hence,' he added, 'the
recognised inferiority of the plumber, for no one could
believe in plumbing.'
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