No matter what you desire of life, other people's aims, ambitions and activities constitute vital obstructions along your pathway.
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Obstructions
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Obstructions near doors can impede people in an emergency.
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At last he turned, still resting against the chair, and stretching his hand automatically towards his hat, said with a sort of exasperation, "Good-by." "Oh, I cannot bear it - my heart will break," said Dorothea, starting from her seat, the flood of her young passion bearing down all the obstructions which had kept her silent - the great tears rising and falling in an instant: "I don't mind about poverty-I hate my wealth."
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