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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: The student, who thought that politeness required him to talk
affably to a man who had not refused to let him accompany him,
began:
"In summer it would be light at this time, but now there is not
even a sign of the dawn. Summer is over!"
The student looked at the sky and went on:
"Even from the sky one can see that it is autumn. Look to the
right. Do you see three stars side by side in a straight line?
That is the constellation of Orion, which, in our hemisphere,
only becomes visible in September."
The postman, thrusting his hands into his sleeves and retreating
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