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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: heads. Do you remember?--they said. He remembered only too well!
He was like a man raised from the dead, for whom the fascinating
trust in the power of life is tainted by the black scepticism of
the grave.
Only at times the invincible belief in the reality of existence
would come back, insidious and inspiring. He squared his
shoulders, held himself straight, and walked with a firmer step.
He felt a glow within him and the quickened beat of his heart.
Then he calculated in silent excitement Lingard's chances of
success, and he lived for a time with the life of that other man
who knew nothing of the black scepticism of the grave. The
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