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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: regarded as sacred engagements, acting on the plan of Mirabeau,
who never settled his baker's bill until it underwent a
formidable transformation into a bill of exchange.
It was about this time when Rastignac was down on his luck and
fell into debt, that it became clear to the law student's mind
that he must have some more certain source of income if he meant
to live as he had been doing. But while he groaned over the
thorny problems of his precarious situation, he felt that he
could not bring himself to renounce the pleasures of this
extravagant life, and decided that he must continue it at all
costs. His dreams of obtaining a fortune appeared more and more
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