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The meaning (as I see it) is that life is hard, even sorrowful, but you must keep going.
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"Great Nature"--whether it represents God, natural beauty (in a romanticist sense), or something else entirely--represents uncertainty. You are at its mercy, and you must find your path by doing. The idea quite resonates with me: that while you may despair and never want to wake, you must, and you must keep moving through your day because that's how you will find your path.
If this doesn't resonate with you I'd be happy to discuss and form a different interpretation, or even explain myself better, just let me know.
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I think it would be "But before long these specimens began to seem less valuable." It should be this quote, because it lets the reader know that there is going to be a shift in the story.
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Lucius gives Brutus a letter that had been thrown through Brutus' window. Why doesn't Brutus want to swear an oath with the conspirators? He thinks a just case needs no oath to bind the conspirators.
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Douglass's skills proved instrumental in his attempts of escape and afterwards in his mission as a spokesman against slavery. Douglass was motivated to learn how to read by hearing his master condemn the education of slaves.
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