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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: moreover, I would have you know that I am tired of a party that
does nothing but form bold resolutions overnight, and sleep them
away with their wine before morning. The government are now
unprovided of men and ammunition; in a few weeks they will have
enough of both: the country is now in a flame against them; in a
few weeks, betwixt the effects of self-interest, of fear, and of
lukewarm indifference, which are already so visible, this first
fervour will be as cold as Christmas. So, as I was determined to
go the vole, I have taken care you shall dip as deep as I; it
signifies nothing plunging. You are fairly in the bog, and must
struggle through."
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