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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: formed a ragged line as far as the eye could reach in
either direction and about three ships deep. So sudden was
our onslaught that they had no time to prepare for it. It was
as unexpected as lightning from a clear sky.
Every phase of my plan worked splendidly. Our huge
ships mowed their way entirely through the line of thern
battlecraft; then the V opened up and a broad lane appeared
through which the transports leaped toward the temples of
the therns which could now be plainly seen glistening in the
sunlight. By the time the therns had rallied from the attack a
hundred thousand green warriors were already pouring
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