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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: the king was pleased with that also.
But when the youngest prince was called, he did not answer at
first, but thought and thought. At last he looked up. "I love
you," said he, "as I love salt."
When the king heard what his youngest son said he was filled with
anger. "What!" he cried, "do you love me no better than salt -- a
stuff that is the most bitter of all things to the taste, and the
cheapest and the commonest of all things in the world? Away with
you, and never let me see your face again! Henceforth you are no
son of mine."
The prince would have spoken, but the king would not allow him,
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