We give the version of A (→GE→FE) in the main text, since the absence of 
may be considered a subtle indication that it is already bars 299-300 that are to be performed slightly milder. However, allowing the possibility that Chopin committed a mistake, we suggest an alternative proposal, i.e. adding a hairpin by analogy to bars 293, 295 and 297. The accent over c1, written in this bar in A, suggests that Chopin envisaged a gradual attenuation of the expression of this motif only from bar 301, together with rallentando. Cf. bars 293-295. The sign in EE is most probably a part of a revision unifying the markings after analogous bars 293 and 295.
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notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins