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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: bluntly. "But I suppose you cannot help that. To each of us his
destiny. I am prepared, until I see some evidence to the
contrary, to believe your repentance to be genuine. In the
meantime, we need a ship's chaplain. If your conscience permits,
you may have the post--combining it, however, with the vocation
of a common sailor before the mast. I am inclined to agree with
you that manual labor will do you good. Some time or another, in
her progress around the world, the Jasper B. will undoubtedly
touch at a coast within walking distance of Jerusalem. There we
will put you ashore. Before we sail you can put in your time
holystoning the deck.
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