From the beginning to the end of "The bet" the lawyer A. comes to believe that material wealth and possessions are a curse rather than a blessing.
He has become a wise man through fifteen years of studying, but he even despise this, as well as other terrenal possessions, as he states in this excerpt: "It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage. You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe."
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These are the lines taken from Thomas Moore's famous poem "The light of Other Days"
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The poet says when I remember my all childhood friends I feel very bad because
they left me like leaves of wintry weather
<SIMILI> fall apart the trees. I am one who travells alone in rhis mysterious world with no one accompanying me.
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ok here are the answers for 1 and 2
1 smooth, ease, relieve, calm, soften and lessen
2 the letter assuaged the fears of most members
3 i cant really see it
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1. He arrived late because he had an appointment elsewhere.
2. After much discussion, he approved the project.
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