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What are "abortive sorrows" and "short-winded elations" in "The Great Gatsby"?
I found Mary's answer very helpful; building on that, I ended up with this understanding:
Nick must have lost interest in men in general in their abortive sorrows (in their sorrows that fail to ...
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