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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: what? son Dick there? Thou'rt pious, and read'st thy Bible.
What's that text? A mortal fine one it is, too."
"'He that is fearful and faint-hearted among you, let him go
back,'" quoth the Complete Seaman. "Captain Merryweather, as my
father's command, as well as his years, forbid his answering your
challenge, I shall repute it an honor to entertain his quarrel
myself--place, time, and weapons being at your choice."
"Well spoken, son Dick!--and like a true courtier, too! Ah! thou
hast the palabras, and the knee, and the cap, and the quip, and the
innuendo, and the true town fashion of it all--no old tarry-breeks
of a sea-dog, like thy dad! My lord, you'll let them fight?"
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