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This was toward the end of May, 1891, when Clemens hadalready decided upon a long European sojourn. What more could be said of any one? Got up! --Think of the fullness of meaning! The possibilities of life, its achievements--physical, intellectual, spiritual. (See Chapters clxv to clxviii. His breathing was becomingheavier, though it seemed not to give him much discomfort.