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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: toward us it presented a most formidable aspect with its
upcurled lips baring its mighty fangs.
Perry was on his knees, praying. I stooped and picked
up a small stone. At my movement the beast veered off
a bit and commenced circling us. Evidently it had been
a target for stones before. The ape-things were dancing
up and down urging the brute on with savage cries,
until at last, seeing that I did not throw, he charged us.
At Andover, and later at Yale, I had pitched on winning
ball teams. My speed and control must both have been
above the ordinary, for I made such a record during
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