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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: tricks, till the heroes laughed again.
Then, 'Tell me, heroes,' asked Alcinous, 'you who have sailed
the ocean round, and seen the manners of all nations, have
you seen such dancers as ours here, or heard such music and
such singing? We hold ours to be the best on earth.'
'Such dancing we have never seen,' said Orpheus; 'and your
singer is a happy man, for Phoebus himself must have taught
him, or else he is the son of a Muse, as I am also, and have
sung once or twice, though not so well as he.'
'Sing to us, then, noble stranger,' said Alcinous; 'and we
will give you precious gifts.'
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