Q: and so they passed their time; for the most, however, in the cabin’s warmth, while the rayless, drowsy sun lingered in the sweltering lands of the south.

A: And so they passed their time; for the most, however, in the cabin’s warmth, while the rayless, drowsy sun lingered in the sweltering lands of the south.
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Q: the vacation was awesome.

A: The vacation was awesome.
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Q: they are able to believe that their will is merely a result of physical-chemical connections in the organism and that everything is, as a result, pointless and down to pure chance.

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They are able to believe that their will is merely a result of physical-chemical connections in the organism and that everything is, as a result, pointless and down to pure chance.
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