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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: hide your feelings, to hide the exhausting effort your muscles were
making. It was, to quote Mr. Tudor, a subtler exhibition of
physical prowess. And that is all our English reserve is--a mere
matter of training. Certainly we are proud inside of the things we
do and have done, proud as Lucifer--yes, and prouder. But we have
grown up, and no longer talk about such things."
"I surrender," Joan cried. "You are not so stupid after all."
"Yes, you have us there," Tudor admitted. "But you wouldn't have
had us if you hadn't broken your training rules."
"How do you mean?"
"By talking about it."
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