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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: furnisheth its possessor with everything that is lovely and
desirable." The tutor said, "Though, to all seeming, thou art a
man of staid and steadfast judgment, yet thy words prove thee to
be boastful beyond measure. Time would fail me to tell thee the
full tale of the costly and precious gems and pearls that I have
seen. But gems, with such power as thou tellest of, I never saw
nor heard of yet. Nevertheless shew me the stone; and if it be
as thou affirmest, I immediately bear it to the king's son, from
whom thou shalt receive most high honours and rewards. But,
before I be assured by the certain witness of mine own eyes, I
may not carry to my lord and master so swollen a tale about so
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