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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: There are not six chemists in the world who possess so near an
approximation to the grand arcanum--"
"Come, come," said Varney, interrupting him, "what means this, in
the name of Heaven? Do we not know one another? I believe thee
to be so perfect--so very perfect--in the mystery of cheating,
that, having imposed upon all mankind, thou hast at length in
some measure imposed upon thyself, and without ceasing to dupe
others, hast become a species of dupe to thine own imagination.
Blush not for it, man--thou art learned, and shalt have classical
comfort:
'Ne quisquam Ajacem possit superare nisi Ajax.'
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