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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: Putney Hill--I had my first inkling of the gulf between his
dreams and his powers. Such a hole I could have dug in a
day. But I believed in him sufficiently to work with him all
that morning until past midday at his digging. We had a
garden barrow and shot the earth we removed against the
kitchen range. We refreshed ourselves with a tin of mock-
turtle soup and wine from the neighbouring pantry. I
found a curious relief from the aching strangeness of the
world in this steady labour. As we worked, I turned his
project over in my mind, and presently objections and
doubts began to arise; but I worked there all the morning,
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