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At present I feel in such a state of emotional desolation that I doubt if I’ll ever do much again.
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The speaker describes feeling deeply emotionally empty in the present moment. That desolation is strong enough to make them doubt whether they will ever accomplish much again. The words express both current pain and uncertainty about the future, without claiming that this hopeless outlook will necessarily last.
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