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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: the last of the ship.'
"'I can't stand by any longer,' shouted the other.
'Mails--you know.'
"'Ay! ay! We are all right.'
"'Very well! I'll report you in Singapore. . . .
Good-by!'
"He waved his hand. Our men dropped their bundles
quietly. The steamer moved ahead, and passing out of
the circle of light, vanished at once from our sight, daz-
zled by the fire which burned fiercely. And then I knew
that I would see the East first as commander of a small
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