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Which line in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich suggests that marriage was a calculated decision for Ivan Ilyich, not an emotional one?

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. So at the end of an evening he sometimes danced with Praskovya Fedorovna, and it was chiefly during these dances that he captivated her. She fell in love with him. Ivan Ilyich had at first no definite intention of marrying, but whe
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Pretty sure the answer is "He was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates."

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