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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: 'My name, good father, is Jason, and I come from Pelion up
above; and my errand is to Pelias your king; tell me then
where his palace is.'
But the old man started, and grew pale, and said, 'Do you not
know the oracle, my son, that you go so boldly through the
town with but one sandal on?'
'I am a stranger here, and know of no oracle; but what of my
one sandal? I lost the other in Anauros, while I was
struggling with the flood.'
Then the old man looked back to his companions; and one
sighed, and another smiled; at last he said, 'I will tell
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