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What turned up
The Three Questions, in Twenty-Three Tales (1903), Maude translation — the hermit's answer to the king's first question. Verbatim-confirmed via Wikisource.
Work
The Three Questions
Occasion
1903 · a hermit answers a king's question about the most important time
Sources checked
en.wikisource.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026primary text, verbatim match
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